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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ecc 9:11 — I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
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Ecc 2:12 |
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. |
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Ecc 4:1 |
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of [such as were] oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors [there was] power; but they had no comforter. |
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Ecc 4:4 |
Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit. |
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Mal 3:18 |
Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not. |
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1Sa 17:50 |
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but [there was] no sword in the hand of David. |
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2Sa 2:18 |
And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel [was as] light of foot as a wild roe. |
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2Sa 2:19 |
And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner. |
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2Sa 2:20 |
Then Abner looked behind him, and said, [Art] thou Asahel? And he answered, I [am]. |
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2Sa 2:21 |
And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him. |
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2Sa 2:22 |
And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother? |
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2Sa 2:23 |
Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth [rib], that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, [that] as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still. |
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2Sa 17:14 |
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite [is] better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom. |
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2Sa 17:23 |
And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled [his] ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. |
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Psa 33:16 |
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. |
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Psa 33:17 |
An horse [is] a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver [any] by his great strength. |
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Psa 73:6 |
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them [as] a garment. |
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Psa 73:7 |
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. |
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Psa 147:10 |
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. |
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Psa 147:11 |
The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. |
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Jer 9:23 |
Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise [man] glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty [man] glory in his might, let not the rich [man] glory in his riches: |
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Jer 46:6 |
Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates. |
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Amo 2:14 |
Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: |
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Amo 2:15 |
Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and [he that is] swift of foot shall not deliver [himself]: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself. |
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Amo 2:16 |
And [he that is] courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD. |
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Ecc 2:14 |
The wise man's eyes [are] in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all. |
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Ecc 2:15 |
Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also [is] vanity. |
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Ecc 3:14 |
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. |
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Ecc 3:17 |
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. |
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Ecc 7:13 |
Consider the work of God: for who can make [that] straight, which he hath made crooked? |
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1Sa 2:3 |
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let [not] arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD [is] a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. |
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1Sa 2:4 |
The bows of the mighty men [are] broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength. |
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1Sa 2:5 |
[They that were] full have hired out themselves for bread; and [they that were] hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble. |
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1Sa 2:6 |
The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. |
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1Sa 2:7 |
The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. |
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Job 5:11 |
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. |
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Job 5:12 |
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform [their] enterprise. |
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Job 5:13 |
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. |
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Job 5:14 |
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night. |
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Job 34:29 |
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth [his] face, who then can behold him? whether [it be done] against a nation, or against a man only: |
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Pro 21:30 |
[There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD. |
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Pro 21:31 |
The horse [is] prepared against the day of battle: but safety [is] of the LORD. |
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Lam 3:37 |
Who [is] he [that] saith, and it cometh to pass, [when] the Lord commandeth [it] not? |
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Lam 3:38 |
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? |
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Dan 4:35 |
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? |
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Eph 1:11 |
In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Ecclesiastes 9:11," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Ecc/9/11.html>.
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