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 punishment for an evil work comes not quickly, the minds of the sons of men are fully given to doing evil.

And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.

And when the sweet smell came up to the Lord, he said in his heart, I will not again put a curse on the earth because of man, for the thoughts of man's heart are evil from his earliest days; never again will I send destruction on all living things as I have done.

How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!

Truly, I was formed in evil, and in sin did my mother give me birth.

The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it?

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:

Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,

Being full of all wrongdoing, evil, desire for the goods of others, hate, envy, putting to death, fighting, deceit, cruel ways, evil talk, and false statements about others;

For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.

And madness

And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.

I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.

But they were full of wrath, and were talking together about what they might do to Jesus.

But when he came to his senses, he said, What numbers of my father's servants have bread enough, and more, while I am near to death here through need of food!

And I gave them punishment frequently, in all the Synagogues, forcing them to say things against God; and burning with passion against them, I went after them even into far-away towns.

But his wrongdoing was pointed out to him: an ass, talking with a man's voice, put a stop to the error of the prophet.

After

And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.

The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

And straight away the angel of the Lord sent a disease on him, because he did not give the glory to God: and his flesh was wasted away by worms, and so he came to his end.

General references

Then the Egyptians went after them into the middle of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses and his war-carriages and his horsemen.

The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it?

Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they go on living for ever?

Now there was talk among the chief priests of putting Lazarus to death;

Then the armed men were for putting the prisoners to death, so that no one would get away by swimming.