Ecclesiastes 9:2

New Century Version

Good and bad people end up the same— those who are right and those who are wrong, those who are good and those who are evil, those who are clean and those who are unclean, those who sacrifice and those who do not. The same things happen to a good person as happen to a sinner, to a person who makes promises to God and to one who does not.

Cross References

Genesis 24:3

Make a promise to me before the Lord, the God of heaven and earth. Don’t get a wife for my son from the Canaanite girls who live around here.

Job 9:22

It is all the same. That is why I say, ‘God destroys both the innocent and the guilty.’

Psalm 73:3

because I was jealous of proud people. I saw wicked people doing well.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

If people please God, God will give them wisdom, knowledge, and joy. But sinners will get only the work of gathering and storing wealth that they will have to give to the ones who please God. So all their work is useless, like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

The same thing happens to animals and to people; they both have the same breath, so they both die. People are no better off than the animals, because everything is useless.

Ecclesiastes 6:6

Even if he lives two thousand years, he doesn’t enjoy the good God gives him. Everyone is going to the same place.

Ecclesiastes 7:18

It is good to grab the one and not let go of the other; those who honor God will hold them both.

Ecclesiastes 7:2

It is better to go to a funeral than to a party. We all must die, and everyone living should think about this.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

I also saw something else here on earth: The fastest runner does not always win the race, the strongest soldier does not always win the battle, the wisest does not always have food, the smartest does not always become wealthy, and the talented one does not always receive praise. Time and chance happen to everyone.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is something wrong that happens here on earth: What happens to one happens to all. So people’s minds are full of evil and foolish thoughts while they live. After that, they join the dead.

Jeremiah 43:6

They led away the men, women, and children, and the king’s daughters. Nebuzaradan commander of the guard had put Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan in charge of those people. Johanan also took Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah.

Malachi 3:15

So we say that proud people are happy. Evil people succeed. They challenge God and get away with it.’ ”

Malachi 3:18

You will again see the difference between good and evil people, between those who serve God and those who don’t.

Malachi 3:5

The Lord All-Powerful says, “Then I will come to you and judge you. I will be quick to testify against those who take part in evil magic, adultery, and lying under oath, those who cheat workers of their pay and who cheat widows and orphans, those who are unfair to foreigners, and those who do not respect me.

1 Samuel 14:26

They came upon some honey, but no one took any because they were afraid of the oath.