Cross references

Ecclesiastes 8:7

Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?

Ecclesiastes 8:7 BSB

Ecclesiastes 8:7 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ecclesiastes 10:14 (7 votes) and Proverbs 24:22 (4 votes). 7 other verses point back to it. It links with 4 other books, from Job 10 to 1 Thessalonians 5.

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Which verses does Ecclesiastes 8:7 point to?

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  1. Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?

  2. For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?

  3. 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?

  4. For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.

  5. The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate.

  6. 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?

  7. For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.

  8. At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’ Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. …

  9. A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.

  10. Now about the times and seasons, brothers, we do not need to write to you. For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. …

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 8:7?

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