Verse 12

(7:2) For who knoweth what is good for man in the life and in the nomber of the dayes of the life of his vanitie, seeing he maketh them as a shadowe? For who can shewe vnto man what shall be after him vnder the sunne?

Referenced Verses

  • Job 14:2 : 2 He shooteth foorth as a flowre, and is cut downe: he vanisheth also as a shadowe, and continueth not.
  • Eccl 3:22 : 22 Therefore I see that there is nothing better then that a man shoulde reioyce in his affaires, because that is his portion. For who shal bring him to see what shalbe after him?
  • Lam 3:24-27 : 24 The Lorde is my portion, sayth my soule: therefore wil I hope in him. 25 The Lord is good vnto them, that trust in him, and to the soule that seeketh him. 26 It is good both to trust, and to waite for the saluation of the Lord. 27 It is good for a man that he beare the yoke in his youth.
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 (And yet ye cannot tell what shalbe to morowe. For what is your life? It is euen a vapour that appeareth for a litle time, and afterward vanisheth away)
  • Eccl 8:7 : 7 For he knoweth not that which shalbe: for who can tell him when it shalbe?
  • Eccl 8:13 : 13 But it shall not be well to the wicked, neither shall he prolong his dayes: he shall be like a shadowe, because he feareth not before God.
  • Ps 144:4 : 4 Man is like to vanitie: his dayes are like a shadow, that vanisheth.
  • Ps 39:5-6 : 5 Beholde, thou hast made my dayes as an hand breadth, and mine age as nothing in respect of thee: surely euery man in his best state is altogether vanitie. Selah. 6 Doubtlesse man walketh in a shadowe, and disquieteth himselfe in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.
  • Ps 47:4 : 4 Hee hath chosen our inheritance for vs: euen the glory of Iaakob whom he loued. Selah.
  • Ps 89:47 : 47 Remember of what time I am: wherefore shouldest thou create in vaine all the children of men?
  • Ps 90:10-12 : 10 The time of our life is threescore yeeres and ten, and if they be of strength, fourescore yeeres: yet their strength is but labour and sorowe: for it is cut off quickly, and we flee away. 11 Who knoweth the power of thy wrath? for according to thy feare is thine anger. 12 Teach vs so to nomber our dayes, that we may apply our heartes vnto wisdome.
  • Ps 102:11 : 11 My dayes are like a shadowe that fadeth, and I am withered like grasse.
  • Ps 109:23 : 23 I depart like the shadowe that declineth, and am shaken off as the grashopper.
  • Job 14:21 : 21 And he knoweth not if his sonnes shall be honourable, neither shall he vnderstand concerning them, whether they shalbe of lowe degree,
  • Ps 4:6 : 6 Many say, Who will shewe vs any good? but Lorde, lift vp the light of thy countenance vpon vs.
  • Ps 16:5 : 5 The Lorde is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou shalt mainteine my lot.
  • Ps 17:15 : 15 But I will beholde thy face in righteousnes, and when I awake, I shalbe satisfied with thine image.
  • Eccl 2:3 : 3 I sought in mine heart to giue my selfe to wine, and to leade mine heart in wisdome, and to take holde of follie, till I might see where is that goodnesse of the children of men, which they enioy vnder the sunne: the whole nomber of the dayes of their life.
  • 1 Chr 29:15 : 15 For we are stragers before thee, & soiourners, like all our fathers: our dayes are like ye shadowe vpon the earth, & there is none abiding.
  • Job 8:9 : 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant: for our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe)
  • Eccl 9:6 : 6 Also their loue, and their hatred, and their enuie is now perished, and they haue no more portion for euer, in all that is done vnder the sunne.
  • Eccl 12:13 : 13 Let vs heare the end of all: feare God and keepe his commandements: for this is the whole duetie of man.
  • Mic 6:8 : 8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requireth of thee: surely to doe iustly, and to loue mercie, and to humble thy selfe, to walke with thy God.