Cross references

Ecclesiastes 1:4

Generations come and generations go,

but the earth remains forever.

Ecclesiastes 1:4 BSB

Ecclesiastes 1:4 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 104:5 (18 votes) and Ecclesiastes 6:12 (8 votes). 7 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Genesis 5 to 2 Peter 3.

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Which verses does Ecclesiastes 1:4 point to?

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  1. Psalm 104:518 votes

    He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.

  2. For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?

  3. Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever?

  4. Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

  5. Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures. Your ordinances stand to this day, for all things are servants to You.

  6. Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men! What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

  7. I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations. In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. …

  8. But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness …

  9. When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth. And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. …

  10. For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh. The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 1:4?

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