Ecclesiastes 9:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Alike

As is

Ecclesiastes 2:26

Ecclesiastes 7:18

Ecclesiastes 8:12

Feareth

General references

Bible References

Alike

The wise man has eyes in his head,
but the fool walks in darkness.

Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both.

Why do the wicked continue to live,
growing old and becoming powerful?

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

So now we consider the arrogant to be fortunate. Not only do those who commit wickedness prosper, they even test God and escape.”

As is

For to the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God’s sight. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

It is good that you grasp the one and do not let the other slip from your hand. For the one who fears God will end up with both of them.

Although a sinner commits crime a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I also know that it will go well with God-fearing people, for they are reverent before Him.

Feareth

and I will have you swear by the Lord, God of heaven and God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I live,

The men said to her, “We will be free from this oath you made us swear,

When the troops entered the forest, they saw the flow of honey, but none of them ate any of it because they feared the oath.

He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. He did all these things even though he gave his hand in pledge. He will not escape!”

Then he said to me, “This is the curse that is going out over the whole land, for every thief will be removed according to what is written on one side, and everyone who swears falsely will be removed according to what is written on the other side.

“I will come to you in judgment, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the widow and the fatherless, and cheat the wage earner; and against those who deny justice to the foreigner. They do not fear Me,” says the Lord of Hosts.

General references

Now the famine in the land was severe.

As surely as the Lord lives who saves Israel, even if it is because of my son Jonathan, he must die!” Not one of the troops answered him.

So on that day, Saul died together with his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men.

“Where are your ancestors now? And do the prophets live forever?