Ecclesiastes 9:11

Tree of Life Version

I further observed under the sun: The race is not to the swift nor the battle to the mighty, nor does bread come to the wise, or wealth to the discerning, or favor to the skillful; for time and chance befall them all.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:14

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For Adonai had ordained to thwart Ahithophel’s good counsel, so that Adonai might bring evil upon Absalom.

2 Samuel 17:23

Now when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, arose, went to his home in his hometown set his house in order, and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

2 Chronicles 20:15

and he said: “Listen all Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat. Thus Adonai says to you, ‘Do not be afraid or be dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God’s.

Job 34:29

“But if He is quiet, who can condemn Him? If He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He is over a nation and an individual alike,

Psalm 76:5

You are brilliant, more majestic than nourishing mountains.

Proverbs 1:5

(let the wise listen and increase learning and the discerning obtain wise counsel)

Ecclesiastes 2:12

Then I turned to consider wisdom, madness and folly. For what more can the one who succeeds the king do than what he has already done?

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I know that everything that God does will endure forever. There is no adding to it or taking from it. God has made it so, that they will revere Him.

Ecclesiastes 3:17

I said in my heart: “The righteous and the wicked, God will judge. For there is a time for every activity and for every deed.”

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I looked and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and behold, I saw the tears of the oppressed, but they have no comforter. Power is in the hand of their oppressors, but they had no comforter.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I saw that all toil and all skill that is done come from man’s envy of his neighbor; this too is fleeting and striving after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 7:13

Consider the work of God, for who can straighten what He has bent?

Ecclesiastes 9:2

Everyone shares the same destiny: for the righteous and the wicked; for the good, the ritually clean and the defiled; for one who sacrifices and one who does not sacrifice; as the good person so the sinner; as the one who swears like the one who fears an oath.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is a misery in everything done under the sun: that the same destiny awaits everyone. Moreover, the hearts of all humans are full of evil, and folly is in their hearts during their lives—after that they die.

Jeremiah 46:6

“The swift cannot flee, nor the warrior escape. In the north by the river Euphrates They stumbled and fell.

Jeremiah 48:14

How can you say: ‘We are warriors and men valiant for battle’?

Jeremiah 9:23

But let one who boasts boast in this: that he understands and knows Me. For I am Adonai who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on earth. For in these things I delight.” It is a declaration of Adonai.

Zechariah 4:6

Then he responded to me by saying, ‘This is the word of Adonai to Zerubbabel saying: “Not by might, nor by power, but by My Ruach!” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.

Malachi 3:18

Then you will return and distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.”

Ephesians 1:11

In Him we also were chosen, predestined according to His plan. He keeps working out all things according to the purpose of His will—

Deuteronomy 8:17

You may say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand has made me this wealth.’

Deuteronomy 8:18

Rather you are to remember Adonai your God, for it is He who gives you power to make wealth, in order to establish His covenant that He swore to your fathers—as it is this day.

1 Samuel 17:50

So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, struck the Philistine down and killed him. Since there was no sword in David’s hand,

1 Samuel 6:9

Then watch—if it goes up by the way of its own territory to Beth-shemesh, then it was He who inflicted on us this great harm. But if not, then we will know that it was not His hand that struck us; it just happened to us by chance.”