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 sentence hath not been done on an evil work speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of man is full within them to do evil.

And Jehovah seeth that abundant is the wickedness of man in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the day;

and Jehovah smelleth the sweet fragrance, and Jehovah saith unto His heart, 'I continue not to disesteem any more the ground because of man, though the imagination of the heart of man is evil from his youth; and I continue not to smite any more all living, as I have done;

Also -- surely abominable and filthy Is man drinking as water perverseness.

Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me.

Crooked is the heart above all things, And it is incurable -- who doth know it?

for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, evil speakings:

for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,

having been filled with all unrighteousness, whoredom, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers,

for we were once -- also we -- thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious -- hating one another;

And madness

And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this is vexation of spirit;

I have turned round, also my heart, to know and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and reason, and to know the wrong of folly, and of foolishness the madness.

and they were filled with madness, and were speaking with one another what they might do to Jesus.

'And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing!

and in every synagogue, often punishing them, I was constraining them to speak evil, being also exceedingly mad against them, I was also persecuting them even unto strange cities.

and had a rebuke of his own iniquity -- a dumb ass, in man's voice having spoken, did forbid the madness of the prophet.

After

And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it.

In his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death is the righteous.

and presently there smote him a messenger of the Lord, because he did not give the glory to God, and having been eaten of worms, he expired.

General references

And the Egyptians pursue, and go in after them (all the horses of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen) unto the midst of the sea,

Crooked is the heart above all things, And it is incurable -- who doth know it?

Your fathers -- where are they? And the prophets -- to the age do they live?

and the chief priests took counsel, that also Lazarus they may kill,

And the soldiers' counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one having swam out should escape,