Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

Cross References (34)

  • Colossians 3:23 (84)

    Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, as for the Lord and not for men,

  • Ephesians 5:16 (42)

    redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

  • Romans 12:11 (40)

    Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.

  • Psalms 6:5 (29)

    For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?

  • 2 Chronicles 31:20–21 (23)

    So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.

  • Ecclesiastes 11:6 (23)

    Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether

  • 1 Corinthians 9:24 (22)

    Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the pr

  • Ecclesiastes 9:5–6 (18)

    For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of th

  • Jeremiah 29:13 (18)

    You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

  • John 9:4 (17)

    While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.

  • Isaiah 38:18–19 (17)

    For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

  • Matthew 6:33 (17)

    But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

  • 1 Corinthians 9:26 (14)

    Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:10 (13)

    But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet no

  • Psalms 71:15–18 (12)

    My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.

  • Psalms 88:10–12 (11)

    Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah

  • John 4:34 (10)

    Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

  • Ecclesiastes 11:3 (8)

    If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain upon the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in th

  • Nehemiah 4:2 (8)

    before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by t

  • Acts 20:25–31 (8)

    Now I know that none of you among whom I have preached the kingdom will see my face again.

  • Nehemiah 4:17–23 (7)

    who were rebuilding the wall. The laborers who carried materials worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other.

  • Job 14:7–12 (7)

    For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.

  • Numbers 13:30 (7)

    Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainl

  • Nehemiah 4:9–13 (7)

    So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.

  • 1 Chronicles 22:19 (7)

    Now set your heart and soul to seek the LORD your God. Begin building the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bri

  • 1 Chronicles 28:20 (6)

    David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD

  • Nehemiah 4:6 (6)

    So we rebuilt the wall until all of it was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.

  • Ezra 6:14–15 (6)

    So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They f

  • Nehemiah 13:8–31 (6)

    And I was greatly displeased and threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.

  • 2 Peter 1:12–15 (5)

    Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now h

  • 1 Corinthians 16:10 (5)

    If Timothy comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is doing the work of the Lord, just

  • 1 Chronicles 29:2–3 (5)

    Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver,

  • Nehemiah 2:12 (5)

    I set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only

  • Romans 15:18–20 (3)

    I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedie