Verse 1

But all this I have laid unto my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, `are' in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred doth man know, the whole `is' before them.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 33:3 : 3 Also He `is' loving the peoples; All His holy ones `are' in thy hand, And they -- they sat down at thy foot, `Each' He lifteth up at thy words.
  • Eccl 8:14 : 14 There is a vanity that hath been done upon the earth, that there are righteous ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the wicked, and there are wicked ones unto whom it is coming according to the work of the righteous. I have said that this also `is' vanity.
  • Job 12:10 : 10 In whose hand `is' the breath of every living thing, And the spirit of all flesh of man.'
  • John 10:27-30 : 27 according as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, and I know them, and they follow me, 28 and life age-during I give to them, and they shall not perish -- to the age, and no one shall pluck them out of my hand; 29 my Father, who hath given to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to pluck out of the hand of my Father; 30 I and the Father are one.'
  • 1 Cor 3:5-9 : 5 Who, then, is Paul, and who Apollos, but ministrants through whom ye did believe, and to each as the Lord gave? 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God was giving growth; 7 so that neither is he who is planting anything, nor he who is watering, but He who is giving growth -- God; 8 and he who is planting and he who is watering are one, and each his own reward shall receive, according to his own labour, 9 for of God we are fellow-workmen; God's tillage, God's building ye are. 10 According to the grace of God that was given to me, as a wise master-builder, a foundation I have laid, and another doth build on `it', 11 for other foundation no one is able to lay except that which is laid, which is Jesus the Christ; 12 and if any one doth build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw -- 13 of each the work shall become manifest, for the day shall declare `it', because in fire it is revealed, and the work of each, what kind it is, the fire shall prove; 14 if of any one the work doth remain that he built on `it', a wage he shall receive; 15 if of any the work is burned up, he shall suffer loss; and himself shall be saved, but so as through fire.
  • 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 for which cause also these things I suffer, but I am not ashamed, for I have known in whom I have believed, and have been persuaded that he is able that which I have committed to him to guard -- to that day.
  • 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 who, in the power of God are being guarded, through faith, unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time,
  • 1 Sam 2:9 : 9 The feet of His saints He keepeth, And the wicked in darkness are silent, For not by power doth man become mighty.
  • 2 Sam 15:25-26 : 25 And the king saith to Zadok, `Take back the ark of God to the city; if I find grace in the eyes of Jehovah, then He hath brought me back, and shewn me it and His habitation; 26 and if thus He say, I have not delighted in thee; here `am' I, He doth to me as `is' good in His eyes.'
  • Job 5:8 : 8 Yet I -- I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
  • Ps 10:14 : 14 Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave `it', Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.
  • Ps 31:5 : 5 Into Thy hand I commit my spirit, Thou hast redeemed me, Jehovah God of truth.
  • Ps 37:5-6 : 5 Roll on Jehovah thy way, And trust upon Him, and He worketh, 6 And hath brought out as light thy righteousness, And thy judgment as noon-day.
  • Ps 73:3 : 3 The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death,
  • Ps 73:11-13 : 11 And they have said, `How hath God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?' 12 Lo, these `are' the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength. 13 Only -- a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands,
  • Prov 16:3 : 3 Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,
  • Eccl 1:17 : 17 And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this `is' vexation of spirit;
  • Eccl 7:15 : 15 The whole I have considered in the days of my vanity. There is a righteous one perishing in his righteousness, and there is a wrong-doer prolonging `himself' in his wrong.
  • Eccl 7:25 : 25 I have turned round, also my heart, to know and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and reason, and to know the wrong of folly, and of foolishness the madness.
  • Eccl 8:16 : 16 When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that hath been done on the earth, (for there is also a spectator in whose eyes sleep is not by day and by night),
  • Eccl 10:14 : 14 And the fool multiplieth words: `Man knoweth not that which is, And that which is after him, who doth declare to him?'
  • Eccl 12:9-9 : 9 And further, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge, and gave ear, and sought out -- he made right many similes. 10 The preacher sought to find out pleasing words, and, written `by' the upright, words of truth.
  • Isa 26:12 : 12 O Jehovah, Thou appointest peace to us, For, all our works also Thou hast wrought for us.
  • Isa 49:1-4 : 1 Hearken, O isles, unto me, And attend, O peoples, from afar, Jehovah from the womb hath called me, From the bowels of my mother He hath made mention of my name. 2 And he maketh my mouth as a sharp sword, In the shadow of His hand He hath hid me, And He maketh me for a clear arrow, In His quiver He hath hid me. 3 And He saith to me, `My servant Thou art, O Israel, In whom I beautify Myself.' 4 And I said, `For a vain thing I laboured, For emptiness and vanity my power I consumed, But my judgment `is' with Jehovah, And my wage with my God.
  • Jer 1:18-19 : 18 And I, lo, I have given thee this day for a fenced city, and for an iron pillar, and for brazen walls over all the land, to the kings of Judah, to its heads, to its priests, and to the people of the land; 19 and they have fought against thee, and they prevail not against thee; for with thee `am' I, -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- to deliver thee.
  • Mal 3:15-18 : 15 And now, we are declaring the proud happy, Yea, built up have been those doing wickedness, Yea they have tempted God, and escape.' 16 Then have those fearing Jehovah spoken one to another, And Jehovah doth attend and hear, And written is a book of memorial before Him Of those fearing Jehovah, And of those esteeming His name. 17 And they have been to Me, said Jehovah of Hosts, In the day that I am appointing -- a peculiar treasure, And I have had pity on them, As one hath pity on his son who is serving him. 18 And ye have turned back and considered, Between the righteous and the wicked, Between the servant of God and him who is not His servant.