Cross references
Ecclesiastes 6:12
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?
Ecclesiastes 6:12 has 23 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 10 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to James 4:14 (10 votes) and Job 14:2 (8 votes). 20 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from 1 Chronicles 29 to James 4.
Which verses does Ecclesiastes 6:12 point to?
The 20 strongest of 23, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- James 4:1410 votes
You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
- Job 14:28 votes
Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
- Ecclesiastes 3:227 votes
I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?
- Lamentations 3:24–277 votes
“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.” The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. …
- Psalm 144:46 votes
Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
- Psalm 39:5–65 votes
You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
- 1 Chronicles 29:154 votes
For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
- Job 8:94 votes
For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.
- Ecclesiastes 8:74 votes
Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?
- Ecclesiastes 8:134 votes
Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.
- Job 14:213 votes
- Psalm 4:63 votes
Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
- Psalm 17:153 votes
- Psalm 90:10–123 votes
- Psalm 102:113 votes
- Psalm 109:233 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:33 votes
I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.
- Ecclesiastes 9:63 votes
- Ecclesiastes 12:133 votes
- Psalm 16:52 votes
Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 6:12?
The 10 strongest of 20.