Bible Cross References
a vanity
Ecclesiastes 4:4
Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also [is] vanity and grasping for the wind.
Ecclesiastes 4:8
There is one alone, without companion: He has neither son nor brother. Yet [there is] no end to all his labors, Nor is his eye satisfied with riches. [But he never asks,] "For whom do I toil and deprive myself of good?" This also [is] vanity and a grave misfortune.
Ecclesiastes 9:3
This [is] an evil in all that is done under the sun: that one thing [happens] to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; madness [is] in their hearts while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.
Ecclesiastes 10:5
There is an evil I have seen under the sun, As an error proceeding from the ruler:
there be just
Ecclesiastes 2:14
The wise man's eyes [are] in his head, But the fool walks in darkness. Yet I myself perceived That the same event happens to them all.
Ecclesiastes 7:15
I have seen everything in my days of vanity: There is a just [man] who perishes in his righteousness, And there is a wicked [man] who prolongs [life] in his wickedness.
Ecclesiastes 9:1-3
1
For I considered all this in my heart, so that I could declare it all: that the righteous and the wise and their works [are] in the hand of God. People know neither love nor hatred [by] anything [they see] before them.
2
All things [come] alike to all: One event [happens] to the righteous and the wicked; To the good, the clean, and the unclean; To him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As is the good, so [is] the sinner; He who takes an oath as [he] who fears an oath.
3
This [is] an evil in all that is done under the sun: that one thing [happens] to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; madness [is] in their hearts while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.
Job 9:22-24
22
It [is] all one [thing;] Therefore I say, 'He destroys the blameless and the wicked.'
23
If the scourge slays suddenly, He laughs at the plight of the innocent.
24
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If it is not [He,] who else could it be?
Job 21:17-34
17
" How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? [How often] does their destruction come upon them, The sorrows [God] distributes in His anger?
18
They are like straw before the wind, And like chaff that a storm carries away.
19
[They say,] 'God lays up one's iniquity for his children'; Let Him recompense him, that he may know [it.]
20
Let his eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
21
For what does he care about his household after him, When the number of his months is cut in half?
22
" Can [anyone] teach God knowledge, Since He judges those on high?
23
One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and secure;
24
His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moist.
25
Another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, Never having eaten with pleasure.
26
They lie down alike in the dust, And worms cover them.
27
"Look, I know your thoughts, And the schemes [with which] you would wrong me.
28
For you say, 'Where [is] the house of the prince? And where [is] the tent, The dwelling place of the wicked?'
29
Have you not asked those who travel the road? And do you not know their signs?
30
For the wicked are reserved for the day of doom; They shall be brought out on the day of wrath.
31
Who condemns his way to his face? And who repays him [for what] he has done?
32
Yet he shall be brought to the grave, And a vigil kept over the tomb.
33
The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him; Everyone shall follow him, As countless [have gone] before him.
34
How then can you comfort me with empty words, Since falsehood remains in your answers?"
Job 24:21-25
21
For he preys on the barren [who] do not bear, And does no good for the widow.
22
" But God draws the mighty away with His power; He rises up, but no [man] is sure of life.
23
He gives them security, and they rely [on it;] Yet His eyes [are] on their ways.
24
They are exalted for a little while, Then they are gone. They are brought low; They are taken out of the way like all [others;] They dry out like the heads of grain.
25
" Now if [it is] not [so,] who will prove me a liar, And make my speech worth nothing?"
Psalm 73:13
Surely I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, And washed my hands in innocence.
Psalm 73:14
For all day long I have been plagued, And chastened every morning.
Malachi 3:15
So now we call the proud blessed, For those who do wickedness are raised up; They even tempt God and go free.' "