Ecclesiastes 9:10

Do whatever your hand finds to do with all your might, for there is no work or wisdom in Sheol where you are going. The brevity of life calls for wholehearted, diligent labor now.

Cross-references · 34

• Col 3:23Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,
• Eph 5:16redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
• Rom 12:11Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
• Ps 6:5For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?
• 2 Chr 31:20–21So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.
• Eccl 11:6Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
• 1 Cor 9:24Do 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 prize.
• Jer 29:13You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
• Matt 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
• John 9:4While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
• Eccl 9:5–6For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
• Isa 38:18–19For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
• 1 Cor 9:26Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
• 1 Cor 15:10But 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 not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
• Ps 71:15–18My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
• Ps 88:10–12Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah
• John 4:34Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
• Eccl 11:3If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain upon the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
• Neh 4:2before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”
• Acts 20:25–31Now I know that none of you among whom I have preached the kingdom will see my face again.
• 1 Chr 22:19Now set your heart and soul to seek the LORD your God. Get started building the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy articles of God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD.”
• Neh 4:9–13So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.
• Job 14:7–12For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.
• Neh 4:17–23who were rebuilding the wall. The laborers who carried materials worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other.
• Num 13:30Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer it!”
• Neh 13:8–31And I was greatly displeased and threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.
• Ezra 6:14–15So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.
• 1 Chr 28:20David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will neither fail you nor forsake you before all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.
• Neh 4:6So we rebuilt the wall until all of it was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.
• 2 Pet 1:12–15Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.
• 1 Cor 16:10If 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 as I am.
• 1 Chr 29:2–3Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and slabs of marble—all in abundance.
• Neh 2:12I 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 animal with me was the one on which I was riding.
• Rom 15:18–20I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,

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