Ecclesiastes 9:1

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Ecclesiastes 9:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.

2 It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow.

3 This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.

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Ecclesiastes 12:9

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Ecclesiastes 12:10

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Ecclesiastes 8:14

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Deuteronomy 33:3

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1 Samuel 2:9

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2 Samuel 15:25

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Job 5:8

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Psalms 37:6

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Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.

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O LORD, You will establish peace for us. For all that we have accomplished, You have done for us.

Isaiah 49:1

Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.

Isaiah 49:2

He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver.

Isaiah 49:3

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Jeremiah 1:19

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John 10:29

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John 10:30

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