Ecclesiastes 11:8
Ecclesiastes · Old Testament · Chapter 11
“But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.”Ecclesiastes 11:8
What Does Ecclesiastes 11:8 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 11:8 is found in the book of Ecclesiastes, chapter 11, verse 8 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Death & Afterlife.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Ecclesiastes 11:8 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Ecclesiastes 12:1“Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;”John 12:35“Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.”Deuteronomy 32:29“O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!”Ecclesiastes 7:14“In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.”Joel 2:2“A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.”Job 14:10“But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?”Job 15:23“He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.”Ecclesiastes 6:11“Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?”Ecclesiastes 8:12“Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:”Ecclesiastes 8:15“Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.”Jeremiah 13:16“Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.”Jude 1:18“How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.”Job 10:22“A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.”Job 18:18“He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.”Ecclesiastes 1:2“Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.”Ecclesiastes 2:1“I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.”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 wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.”Ecclesiastes 2:17“Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.”Ecclesiastes 2:19“And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.”Ecclesiastes 2:21“For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.”
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