Ecclesiastes 2:20 Cross References - NSB

²⁰ My heart turned to grief over all for which I had labored and all my wisdom under the sun.

¹⁴ »May God Almighty cause the man to have pity on you, so that he will give Benjamin and your other brother back to you. As for me, if I must lose my children, I must lose them.«

¹¹ »My days are passing by. My plans are broken. My dreams are shattered. ¹² »You say that night is day. Light has nearly become darkness. ¹³ »Should I look for the grave as my home and make my bed in the darkness? ¹⁴ »If I say to the pit: You are my father! And to the worm: You are my mother and sister! ¹⁵ »Where is my hope? Can you see any hope left in me?

⁶ »Every man walks about like a vain illusion. He makes a lot of noise over nothing. He hoards riches and does not know who will receive them. ⁷ »Jehovah, for what do I wait? My hope is in you.

¹⁹ If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable (pitiable).

¹⁰ God delivered us out of so great a death, and will deliver us. We have set our hope on him. He will deliver us!

⁸ We do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning our affliction that began in Asia. We were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life. ⁹ Yes, we have had the sentence of death within ourselves that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.

³ We do not want anyone to be discouraged by these troubles. You know we were bound to suffer persecution. ⁴ When we were with you, we told you that we would suffer tribulation and affliction. It happened, as you know.