Ecclesiastes 6:10

New International Version

Whatever exists has already been named, and what humanity is has been known; no one can contend with someone who is stronger.

Cross References

Genesis 3:9

But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”

Job 33:13

Why do you complain to him that he responds to no one’s words?

Job 40:2

“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him!”

Job 9:32

“He is not a mere mortal like me that I might answer him, that we might confront each other in court.

Psalm 103:15

The life of mortals is like grass, they flourish like a flower of the field;

Psalm 39:6

“Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth without knowing whose it will finally be.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 3:15

Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account.

Ecclesiastes 6:11

The more the words, the less the meaning, and how does that profit anyone?

Jeremiah 49:19

“Like a lion coming up from Jordan’s thickets to a rich pastureland, I will chase Edom from its land in an instant. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? Who is like me and who can challenge me? And what shepherd can stand against me?”

1 Corinthians 10:22

Are we trying to arouse the Lord’s jealousy? Are we stronger than he?