Ecclesiastes 9:10

New Century Version

Whatever work you do, do your best, because you are going to the grave, where there is no working, no planning, no knowledge, and no wisdom.

Cross References

Genesis 37:35

All of his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he could not be comforted. He said, “I will be sad about my son until the day I die.” So Jacob cried for his son Joseph.

1 Chronicles 22:19

Now give yourselves completely to obeying the Lord your God. Build the holy place of the Lord God; build the Temple for worship to the Lord. Then bring the Ark of the Agreement with the Lord and the holy items that belong to God into the Temple.”

1 Chronicles 28:20

David also said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and brave, and do the work. Don’t be afraid or discouraged, because the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or leave you until all the work for the Temple of the Lord is finished.

Nehemiah 2:12

Then at night I started out with a few men. I had not told anyone what God had caused me to do for Jerusalem. There were no animals with me except the one I was riding.

Nehemiah 4:2

He said to his friends and those with power in Samaria, “What are these weak Jews doing? Will they rebuild the wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Can they finish it in one day? Can they bring stones back to life from piles of trash and ashes?”

Nehemiah 4:6

So we rebuilt the wall to half its height, because the people were willing to work.

Job 10:21

Soon I will leave; I will not return from the land of darkness and gloom,

Job 10:22

the land of darkest night, from the land of gloom and confusion, where even the light is darkness.”

Job 21:13

Evil people enjoy successful lives and then go peacefully to the grave.

Psalm 6:5

Dead people don’t remember you; those in the grave don’t praise you.

Proverbs 3:28

If you have what your neighbor asks for, don’t say, “Come back later. I will give it to you tomorrow.”

Ecclesiastes 11:3

If clouds are full of rain, they will shower on the earth. A tree can fall to the north or south, but it will stay where it falls.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

Plant early in the morning, and work until evening, because you don’t know if this or that will succeed. They might both do well.

Isaiah 38:10

I said, “I am in the middle of my life. Do I have to go through the gates of death? Will I have the rest of my life taken away from me?”

Jeremiah 29:13

You will search for me. And when you search for me with all your heart, you will find me!

Numbers 13:30

Then Caleb told the people near Moses to be quiet, and he said, “We should certainly go up and take the land for ourselves. We can certainly do it.”

Matthew 20:7

They answered, ‘No one gave us a job.’ The man said to them, ‘Then you can go and work in my vineyard.’

Matthew 6:33

Seek first God’s kingdom and what God wants. Then all your other needs will be met as well.

John 4:34

Jesus said, “My food is to do what the One who sent me wants me to do and to finish his work.

John 5:4

Sometimes an angel of the Lord came down to the pool and stirred up the water. After the angel did this, the first person to go into the pool was healed from any sickness he had].

John 9:4

While it is daytime, we must continue doing the work of the One who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.

Romans 12:11

Do not be lazy but work hard, serving the Lord with all your heart.

1 Corinthians 15:10

But God’s grace has made me what I am, and his grace to me was not wasted. I worked harder than all the other apostles. (But it was not I really; it was God’s grace that was with me.)

1 Corinthians 16:10

If Timothy comes to you, see to it that he has nothing to fear with you, because he is working for the Lord just as I am.

1 Corinthians 9:24

You know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize. So run to win!

1 Corinthians 9:26

So I do not run without a goal. I fight like a boxer who is hitting something—not just the air.

Ephesians 5:16

Use every chance you have for doing good, because these are evil times.

Colossians 3:23

In all the work you are doing, work the best you can. Work as if you were doing it for the Lord, not for people.

1 Samuel 10:7

After these signs happen, do whatever you find to do, because God will help you.