Ecclesiastes 9:6

New International Reader's Version

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

Cross References

Exodus 1:8

Then a new king came to power in Egypt. Joseph didn’t mean anything to him.

Proverbs 10:28

Those who do right can expect joy. But the hopes of sinners are bound to fail.

Ecclesiastes 2:10

I gave myself everything my eyes wanted. There wasn’t any pleasure that I refused to give myself. I took delight in everything I did. And that was what I got for all my work.

Ecclesiastes 3:22

So a person should enjoy their work. That’s what God made them for. I saw that there’s nothing better for them to do than that. After all, who can show them what will happen after they are gone?

Ecclesiastes 6:12

Who knows what’s good for a person? They live for only a few meaningless days. They pass through life like a shadow. Who can tell them what will happen on earth after they are gone?

Ecclesiastes 9:1

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.

Isaiah 38:11

I said, “Lord, I’ll never see you again while I’m still alive. I’ll never see people anymore. I’ll never again be with those who live in this world.

Matthew 2:20

The angel said, “Get up! Take the child and his mother. Go to the land of Israel. The people who were trying to kill the child are dead.”