Ecclesiastes 3:18

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

I said in my heart with regard to the sons of men that God is testing them to show them that they are but beasts.

Cross References

Psalm 73:22

I was stupid and ignorant, I was like a beast toward thee.

Psalm 49:12

Man cannot abide in his pomp, he is like the beasts that perish.

2 Peter 2:12

But these, like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and killed, reviling in matters of which they are ignorant, will be destroyed in the same destruction with them,

Hebrews 9:27

And just as it is appointed for men to die once, and after that comes judgment,

Romans 9:23

in order to make known the riches of his glory for the vessels 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! Let God be true though every man be false, as it is written, “That thou mayest be justified in thy words, and prevail when thou art judged.”

Psalm 51:4

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in thy sight, so that thou art justified in thy sentence and blameless in thy 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, a man who drinks iniquity like water!