Cross references
Ecclesiastes 8:5
Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.
Ecclesiastes 8:5 has 19 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Hebrews 5:14 (6 votes) and Philippians 1:9–10 (5 votes). 14 other verses point back to it. It links with 17 other books, from Exodus 1 to 1 John 2.
Which verses does Ecclesiastes 8:5 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Hebrews 5:146 votes
But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.
- Philippians 1:9–105 votes
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
- 1 Peter 3:13–145 votes
Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good? But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”
- 1 Chronicles 12:324 votes
From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.
- Luke 20:254 votes
So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
- Acts 4:194 votes
But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
- Romans 13:5–74 votes
Therefore it is necessary to submit to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience. This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work. …
- Exodus 1:173 votes
The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
- Proverbs 17:243 votes
Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
- Ecclesiastes 2:143 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.
- Ecclesiastes 8:23 votes
Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.
- Ecclesiastes 10:23 votes
- Hosea 5:113 votes
- Luke 12:56–573 votes
- Acts 5:293 votes
- 1 Corinthians 2:14–153 votes
- Exodus 1:20–212 votes
- Colossians 1:92 votes
- Psalm 119:61 vote
Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 8:5?
The 10 strongest of 14.