Ecclesiastes 11:8

New King James Version

But if a man lives many years And rejoices in them all, Yet let him remember the days of darkness, For they will be many. All that is coming is vanity.

Cross References

John 12:35

Then Jesus said to them, “A little while longer the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.

Deuteronomy 32:29

Oh, that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!

Joel 2:2

A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of clouds and thick darkness, Like the morning clouds spread over the mountains. A people come, great and strong, The like of whom has never been; Nor will there ever be any such after them, Even for many successive generations.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

In the day of prosperity be joyful, But in the day of adversity consider: Surely God has appointed the one as well as the other, So that man can find out nothing that will come after him.

Jude 1:18

how they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts.

Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to the Lord your God Before He causes darkness, And before your feet stumble On the dark mountains, And while you are looking for light, He turns it into the shadow of death And makes it dense darkness.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

So I commended enjoyment, because a man has nothing better under the sun than to eat, drink, and be merry; for this will remain with him in his labor all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 8:12

Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet I surely know that it will be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him.

Ecclesiastes 6:11

Since there are many things that increase vanity, How is man the better?

Matthew 22:13

Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

Ecclesiastes 6:6

even if he lives a thousand years twice—but has not seen goodness. Do not all go to one place?

Ecclesiastes 4:16

There was no end of all the people over whom he was made king; Yet those who come afterward will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one alone, without companion: He has neither son nor brother. Yet there is no end to all his labors, Nor is his eye satisfied with riches. But he never asks, “For whom do I toil and deprive myself of good?” This also is vanity and a grave misfortune.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I toiled and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

Therefore I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me, for all is vanity and grasping for the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

So I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, It also happens to me, And why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart, “This also is vanity.”

Job 18:18

He is driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.

Job 15:23

He wanders about for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand.

Job 14:10

But man dies and is laid away; Indeed he breathes his last And where is he?

Job 10:22

A land as dark as darkness itself, As the shadow of death, without any order, Where even the light is like darkness.’ ”

Ecclesiastes 9:7

Go, eat your bread with joy, And drink your wine with a merry heart; For God has already accepted your works.

Ecclesiastes 11:2

Give a serving to seven, and also to eight, For you do not know what evil will be on the earth.

Job 10:21

Before I go to the place from which I shall not return, To the land of darkness and the shadow of death,

Job 14:12

So man lies down and does not rise. Till the heavens are no more, They will not awake Nor be roused from their sleep.

Psalm 49:20

A man who is in honor, yet does not understand, Is like the beasts that perish.