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Ecclesiastes 1 cross-references
Ecclesiastes 1 has 18 verses, which point to 182 other passages and are cited by 109. Below is the King James text of each verse with its strongest cross-references, ranked by OpenBible.info reader votes.
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The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Points to (11)
- Ecclesiastes 12:8–10 — Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity. 8 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:12 — I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 7 votes
- Ecclesiastes 7:27 — Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account: 5 votes
- 1 Kings 11:42–43 — And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. 4 votes
- 2 Peter 2:5 — And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the… 2 votes
- Isaiah 61:1 — The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the… 2 votes
Pointed to from (5)
- Ecclesiastes 1:12 — I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 6 votes
- Proverbs 1:1 — The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; 5 votes
- 1 Timothy 2:7 — Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of… 4 votes
- Ecclesiastes 7:27 — Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account: 2 votes
Ecclesiastes 1:2
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
Points to (20)
- Psalms 144:4 — Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. 17 votes
- Romans 8:20 — For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same… 14 votes
- Ecclesiastes 5:10 — He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is… 12 votes
- Psalms 39:5–6 — Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at… 11 votes
- Ecclesiastes 12:8 — Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity. 10 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:26 — For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth… 6 votes
Pointed to from (15)
- Ecclesiastes 12:8 — Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity. 7 votes
- Ecclesiastes 11:10 — Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity. 7 votes
- Romans 8:20 — For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same… 6 votes
- Jeremiah 2:13 — For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them… 6 votes
Ecclesiastes 1:3
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
Points to (21)
- Ecclesiastes 3:9 — What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? 11 votes
- Ecclesiastes 5:16 — And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that… 10 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:22 — For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? 10 votes
- Mark 8:36–37 — Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 8 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:11 — Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and,… 8 votes
- John 6:27 — Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the… 7 votes
Pointed to from (6)
- Ecclesiastes 2:11 — Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and,… 8 votes
- Ecclesiastes 3:9 — What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? 7 votes
- Ecclesiastes 5:16 — And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that… 6 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:22 — For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? 5 votes
Ecclesiastes 1:4
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
Points to (15)
- Psalms 104:5 — Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever. 18 votes
- Zechariah 1:5 — Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? 8 votes
- Ecclesiastes 6:12 — For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a… 8 votes
- Matthew 24:35 — Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 7 votes
- Psalms 119:90–91 — Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. 4 votes
- 2 Peter 3:10–13 — But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a… 3 votes
Pointed to from (7)
- Psalms 104:5 — Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever. 5 votes
- 1 Corinthians 7:31 — And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away. 3 votes
- Luke 20:32 — Last of all the woman died also. 3 votes
- Zechariah 1:5 — Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? 2 votes
Ecclesiastes 1:5
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
Points to (8)
- Habakkuk 3:11 — The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining… 2 votes
- Psalms 42:1 — [To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.] As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so… 2 votes
- Psalms 19:4–6 — Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a… 2 votes
- Psalms 104:19–23 — He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. 1 votes
- Psalms 89:36–37 — His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. 1 votes
- Joshua 10:13–14 — And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is… 1 votes
Pointed to from (2)
- Psalms 19:6 — His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid… 5 votes
- Psalms 19:5 — Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. 2 votes
Ecclesiastes 1:6
The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
Points to (10)
- John 3:8 — The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh,… 8 votes
- Ecclesiastes 11:5 — As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with… 2 votes
- Psalms 107:29 — He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. 1 votes
- Psalms 107:25 — For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. 1 votes
- Job 37:17 — How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind? 1 votes
- Job 37:9 — Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north. 1 votes
Pointed to from (2)
- Song of Solomon 4:16 — Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my… 2 votes
- Ecclesiastes 6:11 — Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better? 2 votes
Ecclesiastes 1:7
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Points to (2)
- Job 38:10–11 — And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, 4 votes
- Psalms 104:6–9 — Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. 0 votes
Pointed to from (1)
- Genesis 1:9 — And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land… 8 votes
Ecclesiastes 1:8
All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Points to (13)
- Proverbs 27:20 — Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. 10 votes
- Matthew 11:28 — Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 6 votes
- Ecclesiastes 4:8 — There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of… 2 votes
- Revelation 7:16–17 — They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. 1 votes
- Romans 8:22–23 — For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. 1 votes
- Matthew 5:6 — Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. 1 votes
Pointed to from (4)
- Matthew 11:28 — Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 27 votes
- Proverbs 27:20 — Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. 24 votes
- Ecclesiastes 4:8 — There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of… 7 votes
- Job 5:7 — Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 3 votes
Ecclesiastes 1:9
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
Points to (9)
- Ecclesiastes 3:15 — That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past. 19 votes
- Ecclesiastes 6:10 — That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that… 14 votes
- Revelation 21:1 — And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there… 7 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:12 — And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the… 6 votes
- Ecclesiastes 7:10 — Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely… 5 votes
- Jeremiah 31:22 — How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth,… 4 votes
Pointed to from (4)
- Ecclesiastes 3:15 — That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past. 16 votes
- 2 Peter 3:4 — And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as… 4 votes
- Ecclesiastes 6:10 — That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that… 3 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:12 — And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the… 3 votes
Ecclesiastes 1:10
Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
Points to (5)
- Acts 7:51 — Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did,… 5 votes
- Luke 17:26–30 — And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 4 votes
- Matthew 23:30–32 — And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood… 4 votes
- 2 Timothy 3:8 — Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate… 2 votes
- Matthew 5:12 — Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which… 2 votes
Pointed to from (1)
- Exodus 7:1 — And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy… 3 votes
Ecclesiastes 1:11
There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
Points to (5)
- Ecclesiastes 2:16 — For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days… 7 votes
- Psalms 9:6 — O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is… 6 votes
- Ecclesiastes 9:5 — For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a… 5 votes
- Isaiah 42:9 — Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you… 4 votes
- Isaiah 41:22–26 — Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that… 2 votes
Pointed to from (3)
- Ecclesiastes 9:5 — For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a… 23 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:16 — For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days… 7 votes
- Ecclesiastes 8:10 — And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in… 2 votes
Ecclesiastes 1:12
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Points to (2)
- Ecclesiastes 1:1 — The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 6 votes
- 1 Kings 4:1–19 — So king Solomon was king over all Israel. 2 votes
Pointed to from (5)
- Ecclesiastes 1:1 — The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 7 votes
- 1 Timothy 2:7 — Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of… 4 votes
- 2 Chronicles 17:7 — Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to… 4 votes
- 1 Kings 4:1 — So king Solomon was king over all Israel. 2 votes
Ecclesiastes 1:13
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
Points to (17)
- Ecclesiastes 3:10 — I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. 10 votes
- Genesis 3:19 — In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou… 8 votes
- 1 Timothy 4:15 — Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. 6 votes
- Ecclesiastes 8:16–17 — When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also… 6 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:17 — And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of… 5 votes
- Ecclesiastes 12:12 — And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a… 4 votes
Pointed to from (14)
- Ecclesiastes 3:1 — To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 18 votes
- 1 Kings 3:12 — Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that… 8 votes
- Ecclesiastes 4:8 — There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of… 6 votes
- Psalms 119:45 — And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. 6 votes
Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Points to (8)
- Ecclesiastes 2:11 — Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and,… 14 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:26 — For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth… 8 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:17 — Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity… 8 votes
- Ecclesiastes 6:9 — Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit. 6 votes
- Ecclesiastes 4:4 — Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This… 3 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:17–18 — And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of… 3 votes
Pointed to from (19)
- Matthew 11:28 — Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 20 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:11 — Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and,… 10 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:26 — For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth… 8 votes
- Psalms 127:2 — It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his… 8 votes
Ecclesiastes 1:15
That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
Points to (8)
- Ecclesiastes 7:12–13 — For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life… 9 votes
- Matthew 6:27 — Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 6 votes
- Ecclesiastes 3:14 — I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from… 5 votes
- Isaiah 40:4 — Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made… 4 votes
- Lamentations 3:37 — Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not? 3 votes
- Job 34:29 — When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him?… 3 votes
Pointed to from (3)
- Ecclesiastes 7:13 — Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? 10 votes
- Job 23:13 — But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. 6 votes
- Isaiah 42:16 — And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I… 2 votes
Ecclesiastes 1:16
I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
Points to (16)
- Ecclesiastes 2:9 — So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. 8 votes
- 1 Kings 4:30 — And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. 7 votes
- 1 Kings 10:7 — Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told… 4 votes
- Hebrews 5:14 — But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses… 3 votes
- Psalms 4:4 — Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. 3 votes
- 2 Chronicles 2:12 — Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David… 3 votes
Pointed to from (7)
- 1 Kings 3:12 — Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that… 20 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:9 — So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. 9 votes
- Psalms 77:6 — I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search. 6 votes
- 1 Kings 4:29 — And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that… 4 votes
Ecclesiastes 1:17
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
Points to (5)
- Ecclesiastes 2:3 — I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on… 6 votes
- 1 Thessalonians 5:21 — Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. 4 votes
- Ecclesiastes 7:23–25 — All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. 2 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:10–12 — And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart… 2 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:13–14 — And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this… 2 votes
Pointed to from (7)
- Ecclesiastes 2:12 — And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the… 8 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:3 — I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on… 5 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:13 — And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this… 5 votes
- Ecclesiastes 9:3 — This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the… 4 votes
Ecclesiastes 1:18
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Points to (7)
- Job 28:28 — And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. 16 votes
- Ecclesiastes 12:12–13 — And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a… 15 votes
- 1 Corinthians 3:18–20 — Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool,… 13 votes
- Ecclesiastes 7:16 — Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself? 10 votes
- James 3:13–17 — Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with… 9 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:23 — For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is… 9 votes
Pointed to from (4)
- Ecclesiastes 12:12 — And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a… 21 votes
- Daniel 10:16 — And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake,… 2 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:23 — For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is… 2 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:15 — Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more… 2 votes