Ecclesiastes 3:14

Authorized King James Version (1611)

I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth [it], that [men] should fear before him.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
  • Rom 11:36 : 36 For of him, and through him, and to him, [are] all things: to whom [be] glory for ever. Amen.
  • Ps 33:11 : 11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
  • Ps 64:9 : 9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
  • Ps 76:10 : 10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
  • Ps 119:90-91 : 90 Thy faithfulness [is] unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. 91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all [are] thy servants.
  • Prov 19:21 : 21 ¶ [There are] many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 ¶ [There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
  • Prov 30:6 : 6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
  • Eccl 5:7 : 7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words [there are] also [divers] vanities: but fear thou God.
  • Eccl 7:18 : 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.
  • Eccl 8:12-13 : 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: 13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong [his] days, [which are] as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
  • Isa 10:12-15 : 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, [that] when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. 13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done [it], and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant [man]: 14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs [that are] left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. 15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? [or] shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake [itself] against them that lift it up, [or] as if the staff should lift up [itself, as if it were] no wood.
  • Isa 46:10 : 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times [the things] that are not [yet] done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
  • Isa 59:18-19 : 18 According to [their] deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence. 19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
  • Dan 4:34-35 : 34 ¶ And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion [is] an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom [is] from generation to generation: 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth [are] reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and [among] the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
  • Dan 8:8 : 8 Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
  • Dan 11:2-4 : 2 And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than [they] all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia. 3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. 4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
  • John 19:10-11 : 10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee? 11 Jesus answered, ‹Thou couldest have no power› [at all] ‹against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.›
  • John 19:28-37 : 28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, ‹I thirst.› 29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put [it] upon hyssop, and put [it] to his mouth. 30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, ‹It is finished:› and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. 31 ¶ The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and [that] they might be taken away. 32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. 33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: 34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. 35 And he that saw [it] bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. 36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. 37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
  • Acts 2:23 : 23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
  • Acts 4:28 : 28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
  • Acts 5:39 : 39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
  • Eph 3:11 : 11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
  • Titus 1:2 : 2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
  • Rev 15:4 : 4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for [thou] only [art] holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Eccl 3:15
    83%

    15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

  • Eccl 3:10-13
    4 verses
    79%

    10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

    11 ¶ He hath made every [thing] beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

    12 I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

    13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it [is] the gift of God.

  • Eccl 3:21-22
    2 verses
    78%

    21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

    22 Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

  • Eccl 1:9-11
    3 verses
    77%

    9 ¶ The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be; and that which is done [is] that which shall be done: and [there is] no new [thing] under the sun.

    10 Is there [any] thing whereof it may be said, See, this [is] new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

    11 [There is] no remembrance of former [things]; neither shall there be [any] remembrance of [things] that are to come with [those] that shall come after.

  • Eccl 9:1
    77%

    1 ¶ For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, [are] in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred [by] all [that is] before them.

  • Eccl 6:10
    75%

    10 That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it [is] man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

  • Eccl 8:12-15
    4 verses
    75%

    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:

    13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong [his] days, [which are] as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

    14 ¶ There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.

    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.

  • Eccl 8:17
    74%

    17 Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek [it] out, yet he shall not find [it]; yea further; though a wise [man] think to know [it], yet shall he not be able to find [it].

  • Eccl 2:24-26
    3 verses
    74%

    24 [There is] nothing better for a man, [than] that he should eat and drink, and [that] he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it [was] from the hand of God.

    25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten [hereunto], more than I?

    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.

  • Eccl 12:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13 ¶ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this [is] the whole [duty] of man.

    14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil.

  • Eccl 7:18
    74%

    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.

  • Eccl 1:13-15
    3 verses
    73%

    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.

    14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

    15 [That which is] crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

  • Eccl 7:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13 Consider the work of God: for who can make [that] straight, which he hath made crooked?

    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.

  • Ps 111:10
    73%

    10 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do [his commandments]: his praise endureth for ever.

  • Job 23:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13 ¶ But he [is] in one [mind], and who can turn him? and [what] his soul desireth, even [that] he doeth.

    14 For he performeth [the thing that is] appointed for me: and many such [things are] with him.

  • Job 28:28
    73%

    28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding.

  • Eccl 8:7
    72%

    7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?

  • Eccl 4:16
    72%

    16 [There is] no end of all the people, [even] of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Ps 64:9
    72%

    9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.

  • Eccl 1:4
    72%

    4 ¶ [One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

  • Eccl 3:1
    72%

    1 ¶ To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

  • Eccl 9:10
    71%

    10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for [there is] no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

  • Eccl 2:12
    71%

    12 ¶ And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what [can] the man [do] that cometh after the king? [even] that which hath been already done.

  • Prov 19:23
    71%

    23 ¶ The fear of the LORD [tendeth] to life: and [he that hath it] shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

  • Job 20:4
    71%

    4 Knowest thou [not] this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

  • Eccl 6:12
    71%

    12 For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

  • Job 37:24
    71%

    24 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any [that are] wise of heart.

  • Eccl 5:18
    70%

    18 ¶ Behold [that] which I have seen: [it is] good and comely [for one] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it [is] his portion.

  • Eccl 3:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for [there is] a time there for every purpose and for every work.

    18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

  • Job 42:2
    70%

    2 I know that thou canst do every [thing], and [that] no thought can be withholden from thee.

  • Eccl 2:19
    70%

    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.

  • Acts 15:18
    70%

    18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

  • Job 36:25
    70%

    25 Every man may see it; man may behold [it] afar off.