Ecclesiastes 9:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Also

And madness

After

Ecclesiastes 12:7

Proverbs 14:32

Acts 12:23

General references

Acts 27:42

Bible References

Also

Because the sentence against a criminal act is not carried out quickly, the heart of people is filled with the desire to commit crime.

When the Lord saw that man’s wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every scheme his mind thought of was nothing but evil all the time,

When the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, He said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, even though man’s inclination is evil from his youth. And I will never again strike down every living thing as I have done.

how much less one who is revolting and corrupt,
who drinks injustice like water?

Indeed, I was guilty when I was born;
I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

The heart is more deceitful than anything else,
and incurable—who can understand it?

For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

They are filled with all unrighteousness, evil, greed, and wickedness. They are full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.

And madness

I applied my mind to know wisdom and knowledge, madness and folly; I learned that this too is a pursuit of the wind.

I turned my thoughts to know, explore, and seek wisdom and an explanation for things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity and folly is madness.

They, however, were filled with rage and started discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus.

When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired hands have more than enough food, and here I am dying of hunger!

In all the synagogues I often tried to make them blaspheme by punishing them. I even pursued them to foreign cities since I was greatly enraged at them.

but received a rebuke for his transgression: A donkey that could not talk spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s irrationality.

After

and the dust returns to the earth as it once was,
and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

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

At once an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give the glory to God, and he became infected with worms and died.

General references

The Egyptians set out in pursuit—all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen—and went into the sea after them.

The heart is more deceitful than anything else,
and incurable—who can understand it?

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

Therefore the chief priests decided to kill Lazarus also

The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners so that no one could swim away and escape.