Ecclesiastes 9:10

New Living Translation

Whatever you do, do well. For when you go to the grave, there will be no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

Cross References

Genesis 37:35

His family all tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “I will go to my grave mourning for my son,” he would say, and then he would weep.

1 Chronicles 22:19

Now seek the Lord your God with all your heart and soul. Build the sanctuary of the Lord God so that you can bring the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant and the holy vessels of God into the Temple built to honor the Lord’s name.”

1 Chronicles 28:20

Then David continued, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Don’t be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. He will see to it that all the work related to the Temple of the Lord is finished correctly.

Nehemiah 2:12

I slipped out during the night, taking only a few others with me. I had not told anyone about the plans God had put in my heart for Jerusalem. We took no pack animals with us except the donkey I was riding.

Nehemiah 4:2

saying in front of his friends and the Samarian army officers, “What does this bunch of poor, feeble Jews think they’re doing? Do they think they can build the wall in a single day by just offering a few sacrifices? Do they actually think they can make something of stones from a rubbish heap—and charred ones at that?”

Nehemiah 4:6

At last the wall was completed to half its height around the entire city, for the people had worked with enthusiasm.

Job 10:21

before I leave—never to return— for the land of darkness and utter gloom.

Job 10:22

It is a land as dark as midnight, a land of gloom and confusion, where even the light is dark as midnight.’”

Job 21:13

They spend their days in prosperity, then go down to the grave in peace.

Psalm 6:5

For the dead do not remember you. Who can praise you from the grave?

Proverbs 3:28

If you can help your neighbor now, don’t say, “Come back tomorrow, and then I’ll help you.”

Ecclesiastes 11:3

When clouds are heavy, the rains come down. Whether a tree falls north or south, it stays where it falls.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

Plant your seed in the morning and keep busy all afternoon, for you don’t know if profit will come from one activity or another—or maybe both.

Isaiah 38:10

I said, “In the prime of my life, must I now enter the place of the dead? Am I to be robbed of the rest of my years?”

Jeremiah 29:13

If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.

Numbers 13:30

But Caleb tried to quiet the people as they stood before Moses. “Let’s go at once to take the land,” he said. “We can certainly conquer it!”

Matthew 20:7

“They replied, ‘Because no one hired us.’ “The landowner told them, ‘Then go out and join the others in my vineyard.’

Matthew 6:33

Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.

John 4:34

Then Jesus explained: “My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work.

John 9:4

We must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent us. The night is coming, and then no one can work.

Romans 12:11

Never be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically.

1 Corinthians 15:10

But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me—and not without results. For I have worked harder than any of the other apostles; yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace.

1 Corinthians 16:10

When Timothy comes, don’t intimidate him. He is doing the Lord’s work, just as I am.

1 Corinthians 9:24

Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win!

1 Corinthians 9:26

So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing.

Ephesians 5:16

Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days.

Colossians 3:23

Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.

1 Samuel 10:7

After these signs take place, do what must be done, for God is with you.