Ecclesiastes 8:8

Tree of Life Version

No one has authority over the wind to restrain it, nor authority over the day of death. As no one is discharged during a battle, so wickedness cannot rescue its master.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:14

For we will all surely die and be like water spilt on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not take away life but rather, He devises plans so that a banished person may not remain an outcast from Him.

2 Kings 7:15

They went after them to the Jordan, and behold, all the way was strewn with clothes and equipment, which the Arameans had thrown away in their haste. Then the messengers returned and reported to the king.

Job 14:5

Since his days are determined, the number of his months is with You, You have set his limits, which he cannot exceed.

Job 34:14

“If He were to set His heart on it, and gather to Himself His Ruach and breath,

Psalm 89:48

Remember how short my life span is! For what futility have You created all the children of men?

Psalm 9:17

Adonai is known for executing judgment. The wicked one is trapped in the work of his own hands. Selah

Proverbs 12:3

No one is made secure by wickedness, but a righteous root will not be moved.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked is brought down in his calamity yet the righteous has a refuge even in death.

Ecclesiastes 3:21

Who knows that the spirit of the sons of man ascends upward and the animal’s spirit descends into the earth?

Ecclesiastes 8:13

But it will not go well with the wicked, and he will not lengthen his days like a shadow, because he does not fear God.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

Moreover, no man knows his time: like fish caught in a fatal net or birds caught in a snare, so people are trapped in a time of calamity, that falls upon them suddenly.

Isaiah 28:15

“Because you have said, ‘We cut a covenant with death, we made a pact with Sheol, so when the overflowing scourge passes through, it won’t come for us, for we have made lies our refuge, and hid ourselves in falsehood’—

Isaiah 28:18

Your covenant with death is annulled, and your pact with Sheol will not stand. An overflowing scourge will pass through and you will be its trampling place.

Isaiah 47:10

You felt secure in your wickedness, You said, “No one sees me.” Your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, so you have said in your heart, “I am—there is no one else beside me!”

1 Corinthians 15:43

Sown in dishonor, raised in glory! Sown in weakness, raised in power!

2 Corinthians 13:4

For He was crucified in weakness, yet He lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, yet we shall live with Him by God’s power toward you.

Hebrews 9:27

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