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Ecclesiastes 11:8

So if a man lives many years,

let him rejoice in them all.

But let him remember the days of darkness,

for they will be many.

Everything to come is futile.

Ecclesiastes 11:8 BSB

Ecclesiastes 11:8 has 27 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to John 12:35 (7 votes) and Deuteronomy 32:29 (6 votes). 5 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from Deuteronomy 32 to Jude 1.

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Which verses does Ecclesiastes 11:8 point to?

The 20 strongest of 27, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. John 12:357 votes

    Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

  2. Deuteronomy 32:296 votes

    If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.

  3. Ecclesiastes 7:145 votes

    In 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.

  4. Joel 2:25 votes

    a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.

  5. Job 14:103 votes

    But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?

  6. Ecclesiastes 6:113 votes

    For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?

  7. Ecclesiastes 8:123 votes

    Although 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.

  8. Ecclesiastes 8:153 votes

    So 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.

  9. Ecclesiastes 12:1–53 votes

    Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,” before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain, …

  10. Jeremiah 13:163 votes

    Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.

  11. Jude 1:183 votes
  12. Job 10:222 votes
  13. Job 15:232 votes
  14. Job 18:182 votes
  15. Ecclesiastes 2:1–112 votes
  16. Ecclesiastes 2:152 votes
  17. Ecclesiastes 2:172 votes
  18. Ecclesiastes 2:192 votes
  19. Ecclesiastes 2:21–232 votes
  20. Ecclesiastes 2:262 votes

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 11:8?

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