Ecclesiastes 8:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And then I saw evil men put to rest, taken even from the holy place; and they went about and were praised in the town because of what they had done. This again is to no purpose.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 9:5 : 5 The living are conscious that death will come to them, but the dead are not conscious of anything, and they no longer have a reward, because there is no memory of them.
  • Prov 10:7 : 7 The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.
  • Eccl 2:16 : 16 Of the wise man, as of the foolish man, there is no memory for ever, seeing that those who now are will have gone from memory in the days to come. See how death comes to the wise as to the foolish!
  • Eccl 1:11 : 11 There is no memory of those who have gone before, and of those who come after there will be no memory for those who are still to come after them.
  • Jer 17:13 : 13 O Lord, the hope of Israel, all who give you up will be put to shame; those who go away from you will be cut off from the earth, because they have given up the Lord, the fountain of living waters.
  • Luke 16:22 : 22 And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth.
  • Acts 6:13 : 13 And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law:
  • Heb 10:38 : 38 But the upright man will be living by his faith; and if he goes back, my soul will have no pleasure in him.
  • 2 Kgs 9:34-35 : 34 And he came in, and took food and drink; then he said, Now see to this cursed woman, and put her body into the earth, for she is a king's daughter. 35 And they went out to put her body into the earth, but nothing of her was to be seen, only the bones of her head, and her feet, and parts of her hands.
  • Job 21:18 : 18 How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?
  • Job 21:32-33 : 32 He is taken to his last resting-place, and keeps watch over it. 33 The earth of the valley covering his bones is sweet to him, and all men come after him, as there were unnumbered before him.
  • Ps 31:12 : 12 I have gone from men's minds and memory like a dead man; I am like a broken vessel.
  • Ps 122:1-5 : 1 <A Song of the going up. Of David.> I was glad because they said to me, We will go into the house of the Lord. 2 At last our feet were inside your doors, O Jerusalem. 3 O Jerusalem, you are like a town which is well joined together; 4 To which the tribes went up, even the tribes of the Lord, for a witness to Israel, to give praise to the name of the Lord. 5 For there seats for the judges were placed, even the rulers' seats of the line of David.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 8:14
    83%

    14There is a thing which is to no purpose done on the earth: that there are good men to whom is given the same punishment as those who are evil, and there are evil men who get the reward of the good. I say that this again is to no purpose.

  • Eccl 3:15-20
    6 verses
    79%

    15Whatever is has been before, and what is to be is now; because God makes search for the things which are past.

    16And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.

    17I said in my heart, God will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every purpose and for every work has been fixed by him.

    18I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God may put them to the test and that they may see themselves as beasts.

    19Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose.

    20All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again.

  • Eccl 7:15
    79%

    15These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.

  • Eccl 1:13-14
    2 verses
    78%

    13And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.

    14I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.

  • Eccl 2:15-21
    7 verses
    78%

    15Then said I in my heart: As it comes to the foolish man, so will it come to me; so why have I been wise overmuch? Then I said in my heart: This again is to no purpose.

    16Of the wise man, as of the foolish man, there is no memory for ever, seeing that those who now are will have gone from memory in the days to come. See how death comes to the wise as to the foolish!

    17So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind.

    18Hate had I for all my work which I had done, because the man who comes after me will have its fruits.

    19And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.

    20So my mind was turned to grief for all the trouble I had taken and all my wisdom under the sun.

    21Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.

  • Eccl 12:8
    78%

    8All things are to no purpose, says the Preacher, all is to no purpose.

  • Eccl 2:11-12
    2 verses
    78%

    11Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

    12And I went again in search of wisdom and of foolish ways. What may the man do who comes after the king? The thing which he has done before.

  • Eccl 9:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.

    2Because to all there is one event, to the upright man and to the evil, to the clean and to the unclean, to him who makes an offering and to him who makes no offering; as is the good so is the sinner; he who takes an oath is as he who has fear of it.

    3This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that--to the dead.

  • Eccl 8:9
    77%

    9All this have I seen, and have given my heart to all the work which is done under the sun: there is a time when man has power over man for his destruction.

  • Eccl 4:7
    77%

    7Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun.

  • Eccl 4:2-4
    3 verses
    76%

    2So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.

    3Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun.

    4And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

  • Eccl 4:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15I saw all the living under the sun round the young man who was to be ruler in place of the king.

    16There was no end of all the people, of all those whose head he was, but they who come later will have no delight in him. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

  • Eccl 8:11
    76%

    11Because punishment for an evil work comes not quickly, the minds of the sons of men are fully given to doing evil.

  • Eccl 6:1
    75%

    1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is hard on men;

  • Eccl 11:8
    75%

    8But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose.

  • Eccl 9:13
    74%

    13This again I have seen under the sun as wisdom and it seemed great to me.

  • Eccl 6:11
    74%

    11There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?

  • Eccl 9:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5The living are conscious that death will come to them, but the dead are not conscious of anything, and they no longer have a reward, because there is no memory of them.

    6Their love and their hate and their envy are now ended; and they have no longer a part for ever in anything which is done under the sun.

  • Eccl 1:2
    74%

    2All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.

  • Eccl 3:10
    74%

    10I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.

  • Eccl 5:16
    73%

    16All his days are in the dark, and he has much sorrow, pain, disease, and trouble.

  • Eccl 2:23
    73%

    23All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is to no purpose.

  • Eccl 10:5
    73%

    5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which comes by chance from a ruler:

  • Eccl 6:9
    73%

    9What the eyes see is better than the wandering of desire. This is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

  • Ps 49:10
    73%

    10For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others.

  • Eccl 9:10
    73%

    10Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.

  • Eccl 2:1
    73%

    1I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasure--but it was to no purpose.

  • Eccl 6:4
    72%

    4In wind it came and to the dark it will go, and with the dark will its name be covered.

  • Eccl 8:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16When I gave my mind to the knowledge of wisdom and to seeing the business which is done on the earth (and there are those whose eyes see not sleep by day or by night),

    17Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, still he will be without knowledge.

  • Eccl 1:17
    72%

    17And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.