Cross references
Ecclesiastes 6:9
Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
Ecclesiastes 6:9 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ecclesiastes 1:14 (7 votes) and Job 31:7 (4 votes). 12 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from 1 Kings 9 to 2 Corinthians 6.
Which verses does Ecclesiastes 6:9 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Ecclesiastes 1:147 votes
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
- Job 31:74 votes
If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,
- Ecclesiastes 1:23 votes
“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!”
- Ecclesiastes 2:113 votes
Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 3:12–133 votes
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live, and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
- Ecclesiastes 4:43 votes
I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
- Ecclesiastes 5:183 votes
Here 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.
- Ecclesiastes 11:93 votes
Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
- Ecclesiastes 2:22–242 votes
For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun? Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile. …
- Ecclesiastes 6:21 vote
God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.
- Jeremiah 2:201 vote
- Proverbs 30:15–160 votes
Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 6:9?
The 10 strongest of 12.