Ecclesiastes 3:8

Which verses does Ecclesiastes 3:8 point to?

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1. Ephesians 5:2515 votes

   Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

2. Ephesians 5:28–2914 votes

   In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.

3. Luke 14:2611 votes

   “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

4. 1 Kings 5:49 votes

   But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or crisis.

5. 2 Chronicles 19:28 votes

   Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.

6. Psalm 139:218 votes

   Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?

7. Genesis 14:14–176 votes

   And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan. During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus. …

8. Joshua 8:1–296 votes

   Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. See, I have delivered into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land. And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind the city.” …

9. Joshua 11:236 votes

   So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.

10. 2 Samuel 10:6–196 votes

    When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob. On hearing this, David sent Joab and the entire army of mighty men. …

11. Ephesians 3:196 votes
12. Titus 2:46 votes
13. Revelation 2:26 votes
14. 2 Chronicles 20:1–305 votes
15. Ezekiel 16:83 votes

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 3:8?

Ranked by reader votes.

• John 7:6 46
• Psalm 31:15 14
• Daniel 2:21 5
• 2 Samuel 11:1 4
• Exodus 9:5 2
• 2 Kings 5:26 2