Ecclesiastes 11:8

Tree of Life Version

For if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness— for there will be many. Everything to come is obscure.

Cross References

Job 10:21

before I depart, and never return, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death,

Job 10:22

the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

Job 14:10

But man dies and is powerless. Man expires—and where is he?

Job 14:12

so a person lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, people will not awake, or be roused from their sleep.

Job 15:23

He wanders about for bread— ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is at hand.

Job 18:18

He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.

Psalm 49:20

He will still join his fathers’ company, who will never see the light.

Ecclesiastes 11:2

Give portions to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what disaster may happen upon the earth.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

Then said I in my heart: “I, even I, will have the same destiny as a fool. So why have I become so wise?” I said in my heart, “This too is meaningless.”

Ecclesiastes 2:17

And so I hated life, because the work done under the sun was grievous to me. All is but vapor and chasing after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:19

Who knows if he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master over all the fruit of my toil for which I had wisely labored under the sun. This too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the one who pleases Him, He gives wisdom, knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and accumulating wealth to give it to one who pleases God. This also is only vapor and striving after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:16

There is no end to all the people—to all who were before him. Also those who will come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this too is meaningless and striving after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one who has no one else, neither son nor brother, yet there is no end to all his toil. His eyes are not content with riches. “So, for whom am I toiling, and depriving myself of prosperity?” This too is meaningless— a grievous task!

Ecclesiastes 6:11

When there are many words, futility increases! How does that benefit anyone?

Ecclesiastes 6:6

Even if the other man were to live a thousand years twice and never enjoy good things—do not all go to the same place?

Ecclesiastes 7:14

In a time of prosperity, prosper! But in a time of adversity, consider: God has made one as well as the other. Therefore man cannot discover anything about his future.

Ecclesiastes 8:12

Even though a sinner might commit a hundred crimes and prolong his days, yet I know that it will be well for those who fear God, for those who revere Him.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

So I recommend enjoyment, because there is nothing better for humanity under the sun except to eat, drink and enjoy it. So this joy will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:7

Go! Eat your bread with gladness and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already accepted your deeds.

Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to Adonai your God, before it grows dark, and before your feet stumble on mountains at dusk. When you look for light, He turns it into the shadow of death, and turns it into deep darkness.

Joel 2:2

A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as blackness spreads over the mountains. A great and mighty people— from antiquity there was never anything like it, nor after it ever again from generation to generation.

Matthew 22:13

Then the king said to his servants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness; in that place will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

John 12:35

Therefore Yeshua said to them, “The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in darkness doesn’t know where he is going.

Deuteronomy 32:29

“If they were wise, they would discern this, they would understand their hereafter.

Jude 1:18

how they kept telling you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following after their own ungodly desires.”