Cross references

Ecclesiastes 9:8

Let your garments always be white,

and never spare the oil for your head.

Ecclesiastes 9:8 BSB

Ecclesiastes 9:8 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 14 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Revelation 19:14 (9 votes) and Revelation 3:4–5 (8 votes). 17 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from Genesis 5 to Revelation 19.

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Which verses does Ecclesiastes 9:8 point to?

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

  1. The armies of heaven, dressed in fine linen, white and pure, follow Him on white horses.

  2. But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white. Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.

  3. Then one of the elders addressed me: “These in white robes,” he asked, “who are they, and where have they come from?” “Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

  4. She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure.” For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints.

  5. After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.

  6. “Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”

  7. Ruth 3:35 votes

    Therefore wash yourself, put on perfume, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.

  8. Then Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely.

  9. Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.

  10. Psalm 23:55 votes

    You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

  11. Amos 6:64 votes
  12. Luke 7:462 votes

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 9:8?

The 10 strongest of 17.