Ecclesiastes 3:18

New International Reader's Version

I also said to myself, “God tests human beings. He does this so they can see that in certain ways they are like animals.

Cross References

Job 15:16

So he’ll certainly find fault with human beings. After all, they are evil and sinful. They drink up evil as if it were water.

Job 40:8

“Would you dare to claim that I am not being fair? Would you judge me in order to make yourself seem right?

Psalm 49:12

Even though people may be very rich, they don’t live on and on. They are like the animals. They die.

Psalm 49:14

They are like sheep and will end up in the grave. Death will be their shepherd. But when honest people come to power, a new day will dawn. The bodies of sinners will waste away in the grave. They will end up far away from their princely houses.

Psalm 51:4

You are the one I’ve really sinned against. I’ve done what is evil in your sight. So you are right when you sentence me. You are fair when you judge me.

Psalm 73:22

I didn’t have any sense. I didn’t know anything. I acted like a wild animal toward you.

Romans 3:4

Not at all! God is true, even if every human being is a liar. It is written, “You are right when you sentence me. You are fair when you judge me.” (Psalm 51:4)

Romans 9:23

What if he put up with them to show the riches of his glory to other people? Those other people are the ones he shows his mercy to. He made them to receive his glory.

Hebrews 9:27

People have to die once. After that, God will judge them.

1 Peter 1:24

It is written, “All people are like grass. All their glory is like the flowers in the field. The grass dries up. The flowers fall to the ground.

2 Peter 2:12

These people speak evil about things they don’t understand. They are like wild animals who can’t think. Instead, they do what comes naturally to them. They are born only to be caught and destroyed. Just like animals, these people too will die.