Ecclesiastes 9:2

It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow.

Cross References (18)

  • Malachi 3:18 (8)

    So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”

  • Ecclesiastes 2:14–16 (6)

    The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes th

  • Malachi 3:5 (5)

    “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers

  • Psalms 73:3 (5)

    For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

  • Job 9:22 (5)

    It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’

  • Malachi 3:15 (4)

    So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”

  • Joshua 2:17–20 (3)

    The men said to her, “We will not be bound by this oath you made us swear

  • Ecclesiastes 7:18 (3)

    It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.

  • Ezekiel 17:18–19 (3)

    He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Seeing that he gave his hand in pledge yet did all these things, he will

  • Ecclesiastes 8:12–14 (3)

    Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fe

  • Genesis 24:8–9 (3)

    And if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back

  • Ecclesiastes 7:2 (3)

    It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living

  • Job 21:7–34 (3)

    Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?

  • Ecclesiastes 2:26 (3)

    To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of

  • Zechariah 5:3–4 (3)

    Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the sc

  • Ecclesiastes 6:6 (3)

    even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?

  • Genesis 24:3 (3)

    and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son

  • 1 Samuel 14:26 (2)

    And when they entered the forest and saw the flowing honey, not one of them put his hand to his mouth, because they fear