Ecclesiastes 9:2
Ecclesiastes · Old Testament · Chapter 9
“All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.”Ecclesiastes 9:2
What Does Ecclesiastes 9:2 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 9:2 is found in the book of Ecclesiastes, chapter 9, verse 2 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Ecclesiastes 9:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Malachi 3:18“Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.”Job 36:11“If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.”Job 21:26“They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.”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 event happeneth to them all.”Job 9:22“This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.”Psalms 73:3“For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.”Malachi 3:5“And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.”Malachi 3:15“And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.”Genesis 24:3“And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:”Genesis 24:8“And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.”Joshua 2:17“And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.”Job 21:7“Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?”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 travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.”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?”Ecclesiastes 7:2“It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.”Ecclesiastes 7:18“It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.”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:”Ezekiel 17:18“Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.”Ezekiel 21:3“And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.”Zechariah 5:3“Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.”
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