Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil among all things which take place under the sun, that there is one event to all; therefore also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and afterward they go down to the dead.

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In The King James Version

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

In Context

2All [[cometh to them]] as to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner; he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

4For who is there that is excepted? With all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

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Cross References

Job 15:16Much less, abominable and polluted man, Who drinketh iniquity as water.

Psalms 51:5Behold! I was born in iniquity, And in sin did my mother conceive me.

Proverbs 14:32By his wickedness the wicked is thrust down; But the righteous hath hope even in death.

Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walketh in darkness; yet I perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

Ecclesiastes 8:11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore doth the heart of the sons of men become bold within them to do evil.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 9:2-4

Mysteries in Providence. 1 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. 2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. 3 This… Read the whole commentary →

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