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Ecclesiastes 6 cross-references
Ecclesiastes 6 has 12 verses, which point to 138 other passages and are cited by 89. Below is the King James text of each verse with its strongest cross-references, ranked by OpenBible.info reader votes.
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There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
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- Ecclesiastes 5:13 — There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their… 7 votes
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- Ecclesiastes 5:13 — There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their… 9 votes
- Ecclesiastes 10:5 — There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: 5 votes
- Ecclesiastes 9:13 — This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: 3 votes
Ecclesiastes 6:2
A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
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- Ecclesiastes 5:19 — Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take… 10 votes
- Psalms 73:7 — Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. 6 votes
- Psalms 17:14 — From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose… 6 votes
- Lamentations 5:2 — Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 5 votes
- 1 Kings 3:13 — And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not… 5 votes
- Job 21:9–15 — Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. 4 votes
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- Ecclesiastes 5:19 — Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take… 13 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:24 — There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy… 3 votes
- Zechariah 9:6 — And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. 2 votes
- Isaiah 55:2 — Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not?… 2 votes
Ecclesiastes 6:3
If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
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- Job 3:16 — Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light. 7 votes
- Jeremiah 22:19 — He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. 4 votes
- Ecclesiastes 4:3 — Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under… 4 votes
- 2 Kings 9:35 — And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her… 4 votes
- Isaiah 14:19–20 — But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain,… 3 votes
- Genesis 47:9 — And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and… 3 votes
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- Ecclesiastes 6:7 — All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. 5 votes
- Psalms 58:8 — As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may… 4 votes
- Job 3:16 — Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light. 4 votes
- Jeremiah 20:17 — Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always… 3 votes
Ecclesiastes 6:4
For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
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- Psalms 109:13 — Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. 2 votes
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- Exodus 10:21 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land… 2 votes
Ecclesiastes 6:5
Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
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- Psalms 90:7–9 — For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. 2 votes
- Psalms 58:8 — As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may… 2 votes
- Job 14:1 — Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. 2 votes
- Job 3:10–13 — Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes. 2 votes
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- Ecclesiastes 11:7 — Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: 3 votes
Ecclesiastes 6:6
Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
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- Hebrews 9:27 — And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: 4 votes
- Ecclesiastes 3:20 — All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. 4 votes
- Job 30:23 — For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living. 3 votes
- Jeremiah 17:6 — For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the… 2 votes
- Isaiah 65:22 — They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree… 2 votes
- Isaiah 65:20 — There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child… 2 votes
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- Ecclesiastes 9:2 — All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the… 3 votes
- Ecclesiastes 3:20 — All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. 3 votes
- Ecclesiastes 11:8 — But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they… 2 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:14 — The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one… 2 votes
Ecclesiastes 6:7
All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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- John 6:27 — Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the… 11 votes
- Proverbs 16:26 — He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. 10 votes
- 1 Timothy 6:6–8 — But godliness with contentment is great gain. 8 votes
- Matthew 6:25 — Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet… 6 votes
- Luke 12:19 — And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink,… 5 votes
- Ecclesiastes 6:3 — If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul… 5 votes
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- John 6:27 — Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the… 13 votes
- Proverbs 27:20 — Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. 13 votes
- Proverbs 16:26 — He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. 5 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… 4 votes
Ecclesiastes 6:8
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
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- Proverbs 19:1 — Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. 5 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:14–16 — The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one… 3 votes
- 1 Timothy 6:17 — Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in… 2 votes
- Luke 1:6 — And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. 2 votes
- Ecclesiastes 5:11 — When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving… 2 votes
- Psalms 116:9 — I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. 2 votes
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- 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… 5 votes
- Romans 3:1 — What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? 3 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… 2 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.
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- Ecclesiastes 1:14 — I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 7 votes
- Job 31:7 — If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to… 4 votes
- Ecclesiastes 11:9 — Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the… 3 votes
- Ecclesiastes 5:18 — Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of… 3 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 3:12–13 — I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. 3 votes
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- Psalms 101:3 — I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to… 7 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. 6 votes
- Ecclesiastes 5:11 — When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving… 3 votes
- Isaiah 57:17 — For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on… 2 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 is mightier than he.
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- Job 9:32 — For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment. 8 votes
- Isaiah 45:9–10 — Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the… 7 votes
- Job 40:2 — Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. 6 votes
- Romans 9:19–20 — Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? 4 votes
- Jeremiah 49:19 — Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I… 4 votes
- 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. 4 votes
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- 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… 14 votes
- 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. 13 votes
- Job 9:32 — For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment. 7 votes
- Job 16:21 — O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour! 6 votes
Ecclesiastes 6:11
Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
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- Ecclesiastes 4:16 — There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall… 4 votes
- Ecclesiastes 5:7 — For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God. 3 votes
- Hosea 12:1 — Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they… 2 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
- Ecclesiastes 4:1–4 — So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such… 2 votes
- Ecclesiastes 3:19 — For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth,… 2 votes
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- Luke 10:41 — And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: 12 votes
- Psalms 39:6 — Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and… 4 votes
- 1 Corinthians 15:19 — If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. 3 votes
- Romans 3:1 — What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? 3 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 shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
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- James 4:14 — Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth… 10 votes
- Job 14:2 — He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 8 votes
- Ecclesiastes 3:22 — Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that… 7 votes
- Lamentations 3:24–27 — The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 6 votes
- Psalms 144:4 — Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. 6 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… 5 votes
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- Ecclesiastes 12:13 — Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole… 18 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:4 — One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. 8 votes
- Ecclesiastes 9:9 — Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee… 7 votes
- Ecclesiastes 8:13 — But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because… 6 votes