Ecclesiastes 8:8

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Ecclesiastes 8:8

No one has authority over the wind to restrain it, and there is no authority over the day of death; there is no furlough in battle, and wickedness will not allow those who practice it to escape.

Job 14:5

Since man’s days are determined
and the number of his months depends on You,
and since You have set limits he cannot pass,

For you said, “We have cut a deal with Death,
and we have made an agreement with Sheol;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through,
it will not touch us,
because we have made falsehood our refuge
and have hidden behind treachery.”

Deuteronomy 20:1-8

“When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

2 Samuel 14:14

We will certainly die and be like water poured out on the ground, which can’t be recovered. But God would not take away a life; He would devise plans so that the one banished from Him does not remain banished.

2 Kings 7:15

So they followed them as far as the Jordan. They saw that the whole way was littered with clothes and equipment the Arameans had thrown off in their haste. The messengers returned and told the king.

Job 34:14

If He put His mind to it
and withdrew the spirit and breath He gave,

Psalm 9:17

The wicked will return to Sheol—
all the nations that forget God.

Psalm 49:6-9

They trust in their wealth
and boast of their abundant riches.

Psalm 52:5-7

This is why God will bring you down forever.
He will take you, ripping you out of your tent;
He will uproot you from the land of the living.Selah

Psalm 73:18-28

Indeed, You put them in slippery places;
You make them fall into ruin.

Psalm 89:48

What man can live and never see death?
Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?Selah

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked one is thrown down by his own sin,
but the righteous one has a refuge in his death.

Ecclesiastes 3:21

Who knows if the spirit of people rises upward and the spirit of animals goes downward to the earth?

Isaiah 28:18

Your deal with Death will be dissolved,
and your agreement with Sheol will not last.
When the overwhelming scourge passes through,
you will be trampled.

1 Corinthians 15:43

sown in dishonor, raised in glory;
sown in weakness, raised in power;

2 Corinthians 13:4

In fact, He was crucified in weakness, but He lives by God’s power. For we also are weak in Him, yet toward you we will live with Him by God’s power.

Hebrews 9:27

And just as it is appointed for people to die once—and after this, judgment—

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Summary

Ecclesiastes 8:8

There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

Is no

Hebrews 9:27

Power

1 Corinthians 15:43

2 Corinthians 13:4

Discharge

Deuteronomy 20:1

2 Kings 7:15

Neither

Isaiah 28:15

General references

Ecclesiastes 12:8

Bible References

Is no

Who knows if the spirit of people rises upward and the spirit of animals goes downward to the earth?

Since man’s days are determined
and the number of his months depends on You,
and since You have set limits he cannot pass,

If He put His mind to it
and withdrew the spirit and breath He gave,

They trust in their wealth
and boast of their abundant riches.

What man can live and never see death?
Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?Selah

And just as it is appointed for people to die once—and after this, judgment—

Power

sown in dishonor, raised in glory;
sown in weakness, raised in power;

In fact, He was crucified in weakness, but He lives by God’s power. For we also are weak in Him, yet toward you we will live with Him by God’s power.

Discharge

So they followed them as far as the Jordan. They saw that the whole way was littered with clothes and equipment the Arameans had thrown off in their haste. The messengers returned and told the king.

Neither

The wicked will return to Sheol—
all the nations that forget God.

This is why God will bring you down forever.
He will take you, ripping you out of your tent;
He will uproot you from the land of the living.Selah

Indeed, You put them in slippery places;
You make them fall into ruin.

The wicked one is thrown down by his own sin,
but the righteous one has a refuge in his death.

General references

“Absolute futility,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile.”