Ecclesiastes 7:14

New King James Version

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.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:22

So I perceived that nothing is better than that a man should rejoice in his own works, for that is his heritage. For who can bring him to see what will happen after him?

Ecclesiastes 3:4

A time to weep, And a time to laugh; A time to mourn, And a time to dance;

Ecclesiastes 12:13

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, For this is man’s all.

Deuteronomy 28:47

“Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and gladness of heart, for the abundance of everything,

Deuteronomy 8:3

So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.

Isaiah 26:11

Lord, when Your hand is lifted up, they will not see. But they will see and be ashamed For their envy of people; Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.

James 5:13

Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms.

Matthew 9:13

But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

Micah 6:9

The Lord’s voice cries to the city— Wisdom shall see Your name: “Hear the rod! Who has appointed it?

Jeremiah 23:20

The anger of the Lord will not turn back Until He has executed and performed the thoughts of His heart. In the latter days you will understand it perfectly.

Psalm 119:71

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I may learn Your statutes.

Acts 14:22

strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, “We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.”

Psalm 40:3

He has put a new song in my mouth— Praise to our God; Many will see it and fear, And will trust in the Lord.

Isaiah 42:25

Therefore He has poured on him the fury of His anger And the strength of battle; It has set him on fire all around, Yet he did not know; And it burned him, Yet he did not take it to heart.

Ecclesiastes 12:8

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher, “All is vanity.”

1 Kings 8:47

yet when they come to themselves in the land where they were carried captive, and repent, and make supplication to You in the land of those who took them captive, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong, we have committed wickedness’;

Deuteronomy 8:5

You should know in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the Lord your God chastens you.

Deuteronomy 26:11

So you shall rejoice in every good thing which the Lord your God has given to you and your house, you and the Levite and the stranger who is among you.

Job 2:10

But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Ecclesiastes 8:7

For he does not know what will happen; So who can tell him when it will occur?

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 10:14

A fool also multiplies words. No man knows what is to be; Who can tell him what will be after him?

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; Walk in the ways of your heart, And in the sight of your eyes; But know that for all these God will bring you into judgment.

Ecclesiastes 5:17

All his days he also eats in darkness, And he has much sorrow and sickness and anger.

Lamentations 3:38

Is it not from the mouth of the Most High That woe and well-being proceed?