Ecclesiastes 11:8

Other passages that echo Ecclesiastes 11:8 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

1. Deuteronomy 32:29If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
2. Job 10:21before I go—never to return— to a land of darkness and gloom,
3. Job 10:22to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
4. Job 14:10But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
5. Job 14:12so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.
6. Job 15:23He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
7. Job 18:18He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
8. Psalms 49:20A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
9. Ecclesiastes 2:1I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.
10. Ecclesiastes 2:15So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.
11. Ecclesiastes 2:17So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
12. Ecclesiastes 2:19And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.
13. Ecclesiastes 2:21When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.
14. Ecclesiastes 2:26To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
15. Ecclesiastes 3:12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
16. Ecclesiastes 4:8There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
17. Ecclesiastes 4:16There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
18. Ecclesiastes 5:15As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.
19. Ecclesiastes 5:18Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
20. Ecclesiastes 6:6even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?
21. Ecclesiastes 6:11For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?
22. Ecclesiastes 7:14In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.
23. Ecclesiastes 8:12Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.
24. Ecclesiastes 8:15So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

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