Cross references
Ecclesiastes 8:14
There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.
Ecclesiastes 8:14 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ecclesiastes 7:15 (9 votes) and Ecclesiastes 2:14 (5 votes). 7 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from 1 Kings 21 to Malachi 3.
Which verses does Ecclesiastes 8:14 point to?
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- Ecclesiastes 7:159 votes
In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.
- Ecclesiastes 2:145 votes
The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.
- Malachi 3:155 votes
So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
- Ecclesiastes 9:1–34 votes
So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate. It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow. …
- Job 21:73 votes
Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
- Psalm 73:33 votes
For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- Psalm 73:12–143 votes
Behold, these are the wicked—always carefree as they increase their wealth. Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands. …
- Job 9:22–242 votes
It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’ When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent. …
- Job 21:17–342 votes
How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction? Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm? …
- Job 24:21–252 votes
They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow. Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life. …
- Ecclesiastes 4:42 votes
- Ecclesiastes 4:82 votes
There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
- Ecclesiastes 10:52 votes
- Jeremiah 12:12 votes
Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 8:14?
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