Ecclesiastes 9:1
So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God's hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.
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considered in my heart

Ecclesiastes 1:17
So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 7:25
I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.

Ecclesiastes 8:16
When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the activity that one does on the earth--though his eyes do not see sleep day or night--

Ecclesiastes 12:9, 10
Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many proverbs. . . .

that the

Ecclesiastes 8:14
There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.

Deuteronomy 33:3
Surely You love the people; all the holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; each receives Your words--

1 Samuel 2:9
He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.

2 Samuel 15:25, 26
Then the king said to Zadok, "Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again. . . .

Job 5:8
However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him

Psalm 10:14
But You have regarded trouble and grief; You consider it to take in hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.

Psalm 31:5
Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.

Psalm 37:5, 6
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it. . . .

Proverbs 16:3
Commit your works to the LORD, and your plans will be achieved.

Isaiah 26:12
O LORD, You will establish peace for us, for, indeed, all that we have accomplished, You have done for us.

Isaiah 49:1-4
Listen to me, O islands, and pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called me from the womb; from the body of my mother He named me. . . .

Jeremiah 1:18, 19
Now behold, this day I have made you a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land--against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land. . . .

John 10:27-30
My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me. . . .

1 Corinthians 3:5-15
What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role. . . .

2 Timothy 1:12
For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.

1 Peter 1:5
who through faith are protected by God's power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

no man

Ecclesiastes 7:15
In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.

Psalm 73:3, 11-13
For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. . . .

Malachi 3:15-18
So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.'" . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For I have taken all this to my heart and explain it that righteous men, wise men, and their deeds are in the hand of God. Man does not know whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits him.

King James Bible
For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Indeed, I took all this to heart and explained it all: the righteous, the wise, and their works are in God's hands.People don't know whether to expect love or hate. Everything lies ahead of them.

International Standard Version
In light of all of this, I committed myself to explain it this way: the righteous and the wise, along with everything they do, are in the hands of God. Furthermore, as to love and hate, no human being knows everything concerning them.

NET Bible
So I reflected on all this, attempting to clear it all up. I concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their works, are in the hand of God; whether a person will be loved or hated--no one knows what lies ahead.
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