Cross references

Ecclesiastes 9:15

Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

Ecclesiastes 9:15 BSB

Ecclesiastes 9:15 has 5 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Genesis 40:23 (6 votes) and Ecclesiastes 4:13 (6 votes). 26 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Genesis 40 to James 2.

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Which verses does Ecclesiastes 9:15 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.

  2. Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.

  3. And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes. The king inquired, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act?” “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the king’s attendants.

  4. Then the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn and his men dispersed from the city, each to his own home. And Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.

  5. For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 9:15?

The 10 strongest of 26.