Ecclesiastes 9:4

Geneva Bible (1560)

Surely whosoeuer is ioyned to all ye liuing, there is hope: for it is better to a liuing dog, then to a dead lyon.

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  • Job 14:7-9 : 7 For there is hope of a tree, if it bee cut downe, that it will yet sproute, and the branches thereof will not cease. 8 Though the roote of it waxe olde in the earth, & the stocke thereof be dead in ye ground, 9 Yet by the sent of water it will bud, and bring foorth boughes like a plant. 10 But man is sicke, and dyeth, and man perisheth, and where is he? 11 As the waters passe from the sea, and as the flood decayeth and dryeth vp, 12 So man sleepeth and riseth not: for hee shall not wake againe, nor be raised from his sleepe till the heauen be no more.
  • Job 27:8 : 8 For what hope hath the hypocrite when he hath heaped vp riches, if God take away his soule?
  • Isa 38:18 : 18 For the graue cannot confesse thee: death cannot praise thee: they that goe downe into the pit, cannot hope for thy trueth.
  • Lam 3:21-22 : 21 I consider this in mine heart: therefore haue I hope. 22 It is the Lordes mercies that wee are not consumed, because his compassions faile not.
  • Luke 16:26-29 : 26 Besides all this, betweene you & vs there is a great gulfe set, so that they which would goe from hence to you, can not: neither ca they come from thence to vs. 27 Then he said, I pray thee therfore, father, that thou wouldest sende him to my fathers house, 28 (For I haue fiue brethren) that he may testifie vnto them, least they also come into this place of torment. 29 Abraham said vnto him, They haue Moses and the Prophets: let them heare them.

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  • Eccl 9:5-6
    2 verses
    79%

    5 For the liuing knowe that they shall dye, but the dead knowe nothing at all: neither haue they any more a rewarde: for their remembrance is forgotten.

    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 4:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2 Wherefore I praysed the dead which now are dead, aboue the liuing, which are yet aliue.

    3 And I count him better then them both, which hath not yet bin: for he hath not seene the euill workes which are wrought vnder the sunne.

  • Eccl 3:18-22
    5 verses
    73%

    18 I considered in mine heart the state of the children of men that God had purged them: yet to see to, they are in themselues as beastes.

    19 For the condition of the children of men, and the condition of beasts are euen as one condition vnto them. As the one dyeth, so dyeth the other: for they haue all one breath, and there is no excellency of man aboue ye beast: for all is vanitie.

    20 All goe to one place, & all was of the dust, and all shall returne to the dust.

    21 Who knoweth whether the spirit of man ascend vpward, and the spirit of the beast descend downeward to the earth?

    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?

  • Eccl 9:3
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    3 This is euill among all that is done vnder the sunne, that there is one condition to all, and also the heart of the sonnes of men is full of euill, and madnes is in their heartes whiles they liue, and after that, they goe to the dead.

  • Eccl 7:2
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    2 (7:4) It is better to goe to the house of mourning, then to goe to the house of feasting, because this is the ende of all men: and the liuing shall lay it to his heart.

  • Ps 49:9
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    9 That he may liue still for euer, and not see the graue.

  • Eccl 9:9-10
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    9 Reioyce with the wife whom thou hast loued all the dayes of the life of thy vanitie, which God hath giuen thee vnder the sunne all the dayes of thy vanitie: for this is thy portion in the life, and in thy trauaile wherein thou labourest vnder the sunne.

    10 All that thine hand shall finde to doe, doe it with all thy power: for there is neither worke nor inuention, nor knowledge, nor wisedome in the graue whither thou goest.

  • Eccl 3:12
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    12 I know that there is nothing good in them, but to reioyce, and to doe good in his life.

  • Eccl 6:6
    69%

    6 And if he had liued a thousand yeeres twise tolde, and had seene no good, shall not all goe to one place?

  • Ps 89:48
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    48 What man liueth, and shall not see death? shall hee deliuer his soule from the hande of the graue? Selah.

  • Job 14:7
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    7 For there is hope of a tree, if it bee cut downe, that it will yet sproute, and the branches thereof will not cease.

  • Eccl 2:16-17
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    69%

    16 For there shalbe no remembrance of the wise, nor of the foole for euer: for that that now is, in the dayes to come shall all be forgotten; howe dyeth the wise man, as doeth the foole?

    17 Therefore I hated life: for the worke that is wrought vnder the sunne is grieuous vnto me: for all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.

  • Eccl 6:8
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    8 For what hath the wise man more then the foole? what hath the poore that knoweth how to walke before the liuing?

  • Eccl 11:8
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    8 Though a man liue many yeeres, and in them all he reioyce, yet hee shall remember the daies of darkenesse, because they are manie, all that commeth is vanitie.

  • Eccl 4:15-16
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    15 I behelde all the liuing, which walke vnder the sunne, with the second childe, which shall stand vp in his place.

    16 There is none ende of all the people, nor of all that were before them, and they that come after, shall not reioyce in him: surely this is also vanitie and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
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    68%

    11 (7:1) Svrely there be many things that increase vanitie: and what auaileth it man?

    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?

  • Prov 14:32
    68%

    32 The wicked shall be cast away for his malice: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

  • Job 33:30
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    30 That he may turne backe his soule from the pit, to be illuminate in the light of the liuing.

  • Eccl 4:9
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    9 Two are better then one: for they haue better wages for their labour.

  • Luke 20:38
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    38 For he is not the God of the dead, but of them which liue: for all liue vnto him.

  • Eccl 8:15
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    15 And I praysed ioy: for there is no goodnesse to man vnder the sunne, saue to eate and to drinke and to reioyce: for this is adioyned to his labour, the dayes of his life that God hath giuen him vnder the sunne.

  • Job 14:14
    67%

    14 If a man die, shall he liue againe? All the dayes of mine appointed time will I waite, till my changing shall come.

  • Eccl 6:3
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    3 If a man beget an hundreth children and liue many yeeres, and the dayes of his yeeres be multiplied, & his soule be not satisfied with good things, and he be not buried, I say that an vntimely fruite is better then he.

  • Job 3:20-22
    3 verses
    67%

    20 Wherefore is the light giuen to him that is in miserie? and life vnto them that haue heauie hearts?

    21 Which long for death, and if it come not, they would euen search it more then treasures:

    22 Which ioy for gladnes, and reioyce, when they can finde the graue.

  • 1 Pet 4:6
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    6 For vnto this purpose was the Gospell preached also vnto the dead, that they might bee condemned, according to men in the flesh, but might liue according to God in the spirit.

  • Ps 49:12
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    12 But man shall not continue in honour: he is like the beastes that die.

  • Eccl 9:1
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    1 I haue surely giuen mine heart to all this, and to declare all this, that the iust, and the wise, and their workes are in the hand of God: and no man knoweth eyther loue or hatred of all that is before them.

  • Eccl 7:15
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    15 (7:17) I haue seene all things in the dayes of my vanitie: there is a iust man that perisheth in his iustice, and there is a wicked man that continueth long in his malice.

  • Eccl 2:24
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    24 There is no profit to man: but that he eate, and drinke, & delight his soule with the profit of his labour: I saw also this, that it was of the hand of God.

  • Ps 49:18-19
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    66%

    18 For while he liued, he reioyced himselfe: and men will prayse thee, when thou makest much of thy selfe.

    19 He shal enter into the generation of his fathers, and they shall not liue for euer.

  • Prov 15:24
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    24 The way of life is on high to the prudent, to auoyde from hell beneath.

  • Prov 21:16
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    16 A man that wandreth out of the way of wisdome, shall remaine in the congregation of the dead.

  • Isa 38:16
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    16 O Lord, to them that ouerliue them, and to all that are in them, the life of my spirite shalbe knowen, that thou causedst me to sleepe and hast giuen life to me.

  • Ps 146:5
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    5 Blessed is he, that hath the God of Iaakob for his helpe, whose hope is in the Lord his God.

  • Ps 34:12
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    12 What man is he, that desireth life, and loueth long dayes for to see good?

  • Acts 24:15
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    15 And haue hope towardes God, that the resurrection of the dead, which they themselues looke for also, shalbe both of iust and vniust.

  • 1 Thess 4:13
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    13 I would not, brethren, haue you ignorant concerning them which are a sleepe, that ye sorow not euen as other which haue no hope.