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Eccl.6.12

Ecclesiastes 6:12

KJV

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?

The Futility of Life

Cross References

Psalm 39:5
KJV
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

I Will Watch My Ways

For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
Ecclesiastes 2:3
KJV
I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

The Futility of Pleasure

Ecclesiastes 2:24
KJV
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.

The Futility of Work

Ecclesiastes 3:22
KJV
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?

From Dust to Dust

Ecclesiastes 6:11
KJV
¶ Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

The Futility of Life

Ecclesiastes 7:15
KJV
All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.

The Limits of Human Wisdom

Ecclesiastes 8:7
KJV
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?

Obey the King

Ecclesiastes 8:13
KJV
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.

Fear God

Ecclesiastes 9:9
KJV
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

Enjoy Your Portion in This Life

Ecclesiastes 10:14
KJV
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

Wisdom and Folly