Ecclesiastes 9:1

New International Reader's Version

I thought about all these things. I realized that those who are wise and do what is right are under God’s control. What they do is also under his control. But no one knows whether they will be loved or hated.

Cross References

Job 12:10

He holds the life of every creature in his hand. He controls the breath of every human being.

Job 27:12

You have seen those things yourselves. So why do you continue your useless talk?

Job 5:8

“If I were you, I’d make my appeal to God. I’d bring my case to be judged by him.

Psalm 10:14

God, you see the problems of people in trouble. You take note of their pain. You do something about it. So those who are attacked place themselves in your care. You help children whose fathers have died.

Psalm 119:109

I keep putting my life in danger. But I won’t forget to obey your law.

Psalm 31:5

Into your hands I commit my very life. Lord, set me free. You are my faithful God.

Psalm 73:3

I saw that proud and sinful people were doing well. And I began to long for what they had.

Proverbs 16:3

Commit to the Lord everything you do. Then he will make your plans succeed.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

Then I used my mind to understand what it really means to be wise. And I wanted to know what foolish pleasure is all about. But I found out that it’s also like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

They talk too much. No one knows what lies ahead. Who can tell someone else what will happen after they are gone?

Ecclesiastes 7:15

In my meaningless life here’s what I’ve seen. I’ve seen godly people dying even though they are godly. And I’ve seen sinful people living a long time even though they are sinful.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

So I tried to understand wisdom more completely. I wanted to study it and figure it out. I tried to find out everything I could about it. I tried to understand why it’s foolish to be evil. I wanted to see why choosing foolishness is so unwise.

Ecclesiastes 8:14

Here’s something else on this earth that doesn’t have any meaning. Sometimes godly people get what sinful people should receive. And sinful people get what godly people should receive. Here’s what I’m telling you. That doesn’t have any meaning either.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

I used my mind to understand what it really means to be wise. I wanted to observe the hard work people do on earth. They don’t close their eyes and go to sleep day or night.

Ecclesiastes 8:7

No one knows what lies ahead. So who can tell someone else what’s going to happen?

Ecclesiastes 9:6

Their love, hate and jealousy disappear. They will never share again in anything that happens on earth.

Isaiah 26:12

Lord, you give us peace. You are the one who has done everything we’ve accomplished.

Jeremiah 43:6

Johanan and the other officers also led away many people Nebuzaradan had left at Mizpah. They included men, women and children. They also included the king’s daughters. Nebuzaradan had left them with Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam. They also took Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah along with them. Nebuzaradan was commander of the royal guard. Ahikam was the son of Shaphan.

Deuteronomy 33:3

Lord, I’m sure you love your people. All the holy ones are in your hands. At your feet all of them bow down. And you teach them.

2 Timothy 1:12

That’s why I’m suffering the way I am. But this gives me no reason to be ashamed. That’s because I know who I have believed in. I am sure he is able to take care of what I have given him. I can trust him with it until the day he returns as judge.

1 Peter 1:5

Through faith you are kept safe by God’s power. Your salvation is going to be completed. It is ready to be shown to you in the last days.

1 Samuel 2:9

He guards the paths of his faithful servants. But evil people will lie silent in their dark graves. “People don’t win just because they are strong.