Ecclesiastes 9:10

New International Version

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.

Cross References

Genesis 37:35

All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said, “I will continue to mourn until I join my son in the grave.” So his father wept for him.

1 Chronicles 22:19

Now devote your heart and soul to seeking the Lord your God. Begin to build the sanctuary of the Lord God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the sacred articles belonging to God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the Lord.”

1 Chronicles 28:20

David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work for the service of the temple of the Lord is finished.

Nehemiah 2:12

I set out during the night with a few others. I had not told anyone what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem. There were no mounts with me except the one I was riding on.

Nehemiah 4:2

and in the presence of his associates and the army of Samaria, he said, “What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Can they bring the stones back to life from those heaps of rubble—burned as they are?”

Nehemiah 4:6

So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart.

Job 10:21

before I go to the place of no return, to the land of gloom and utter darkness,

Job 10:22

to the land of deepest night, of utter darkness and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

Job 21:13

They spend their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace.

Psalm 6:5

Among the dead no one proclaims your name. Who praises you from the grave?

Proverbs 3:28

Do not say to your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I’ll give it to you”— when you already have it with you.

Ecclesiastes 11:3

If clouds are full of water, they pour rain on the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let your hands not be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well.

Isaiah 38:10

I said, “In the prime of my life must I go through the gates of death and be robbed of the rest of my years?”

Jeremiah 29:13

You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

Numbers 13:30

Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.”

Matthew 20:7

“ ‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. “He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’

Matthew 6:33

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

John 4:34

“My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.

John 9:4

As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.

Romans 12:11

Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

1 Corinthians 16:10

When Timothy comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is carrying on the work of the Lord, just as I am.

1 Corinthians 9:24

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.

1 Corinthians 9:26

Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air.

Ephesians 5:16

making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.

Colossians 3:23

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,

1 Samuel 10:7

Once these signs are fulfilled, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God is with you.