Ecclesiastes 3:18

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

I said to myself with regard to humans that God is testing them to show that they are but animals.

Cross References

Psalm 73:22

I was stupid and ignorant; I was like a brute beast toward you.

Psalm 49:12

Mortals cannot abide in their pomp; they are like the animals that perish.

2 Peter 2:12

These people, however, are like irrational animals, mere creatures of instinct, born to be caught and killed. They slander what they do not understand, and as those creatures are destroyed, they also will be destroyed,

Hebrews 9:27

And just as it is appointed for mortals to die once and after that the judgment,

Romans 9:23

and what if he has done so in order to make known the riches of his glory for the objects of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory—

1 Peter 1:24

For “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,

Romans 3:4

By no means! Although every human is a liar, let God be proved true, as it is written, “So that you may be justified in your words and you will prevail when you go to trial.”

Psalm 51:4

Against you, you alone, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are justified in your sentence and blameless when you pass judgment.

Psalm 49:14

Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; straight to the grave they descend, and their form shall waste away; Sheol shall be their home.

Job 40:8

Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be justified?

Job 15:16

how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, one who drinks iniquity like water!