Ecclesiastes 8:9
Ecclesiastes · Old Testament · Chapter 8
“All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.”Ecclesiastes 8:9
What Does Ecclesiastes 8:9 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 8:9 is found in the book of Ecclesiastes, chapter 8, verse 9 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 16 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Stewardship.
Cross-References (16)
These passages are connected to Ecclesiastes 8:9 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Ecclesiastes 5:8“If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.”Proverbs 2:2“So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;”Ecclesiastes 4:7“Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.”Ecclesiastes 5:13“There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.”Exodus 14:5“And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”Exodus 14:28“And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.”Deuteronomy 2:30“But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.”2 Kings 14:10“Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?”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.”Ecclesiastes 1:14“I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.”Ecclesiastes 3:10“I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.”Ecclesiastes 7:25“I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:”2 Kings 25:7“And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.”Proverbs 22:17“Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.”Proverbs 24:30“I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;”Ecclesiastes 8:16“When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)”
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