Ecclesiastes 9:10 Cross References - NSB

¹⁰ Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, where you are going.

³⁰ Caleb told the people to be quiet and listen to Moses. Caleb said: »Let us go now and take possession of the land. We should be more than able to conquer it.«

¹⁹ »Devote your mind and heart to seek Jehovah your God. Begin to build the sanctuary of Jehovah God. That way you may bring the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah and the sacred articles belonging to God into the Temple that will be built for the name of Jehovah.«

²⁰ David also told his son Solomon: Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Do no be afraid or terrified. Jehovah God, my God, will be with you. He will not abandon you until all the work on Jehovah’s Temple is finished.

² »I have made every effort to prepare materials for the Temple: gold, silver, bronze, iron, timber, precious stones and gems, stones for mosaics, and quantities of marble. ³ »Over and above all this that I have provided, I have given silver and gold from my personal property because of my love for God’s Temple.

¹⁴ The responsible men of the Jews went on with their building and progressed rapidly. The teaching of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah, the son of Iddo, helped them. They went on building till it was complete. They kept the word of the God of Israel, and the orders of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes, king of Persia. ¹⁵ The construction of this house was complete on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the rule of Darius the king.

¹² I got up in the night and took a small band of men with me. I said nothing to any man of what God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem, I had no beast with me but the one on which I was seated. ¹³ I went in the dark through the gateway of the valley past the Fountain of the Snake (Serpent’s Well) as far as the place where waste material was stored. From there I viewed the broken down walls of Jerusalem and the gateways that were burned with fire. ¹⁴ Then I went on to the door of the fountain and to the king's pool: but there was no room for my beast to get through. ¹⁵ Then in the night I went up by the stream, viewed the wall and then turned back. I went in by the valley gate. ¹⁶ The chiefs had no knowledge of where I had been or what I was doing. I had not then said anything to the Jews or to the priests or the great ones or the chiefs or the rest of those who were doing the work.

²⁰ This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and right and true to Jehovah his God. ²¹ Hezekiah incorporated Moses’ teachings and commands into worship and dedicated his life to serving God. Whatever he did for the worship in God’s Temple, he did wholeheartedly, and he succeeded.

¹² Near them was Shallum, the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half Jerusalem, with his daughters. ¹³ Hanun and the people of Zanoah were working on the doorway of the valley. They put it up and put up its doors, with their locks and rods, and fifteen hundred feet of the wall as far as the doorway where the waste material was placed. ¹⁴ And Malchijah, the son of Rechab, the ruler of the division of Beth-haccherem, made good the repair of the doorway with their locks and rods. ¹⁵ And Shallun, the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of the division of Mizpah, made good the doorway of the fountain, building it up and covering it and putting up its doors, with their locks and rods, with the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king's garden, as far as the steps which go down from the town of David. ¹⁶ By his side was working Nehemiah, the son of Azbuk, ruler of half the division of Beth-zur, as far as the place opposite the last resting-places of David's family and as far as the pool that had been made and the house of the men of war.

² And in the hearing of his countrymen and the army of Samaria he said: »What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they make themselves strong? Will they make offerings? Will they get the work done in a day? Will they make the stones that have been burned come again out of the dust?«

⁶ So we went on building the wall. The entire wall was joined together halfway up. The people were working hard.

⁹ We prayed to God and stationed men on watch against them day and night. ¹⁰ Judah said: »The strength of the workmen is giving way. There is a lot of rubbish so it is impossible for us to put up the wall.« ¹¹ And our adversaries kept saying: »They will not know and they will not see until we come right in among them and put them to death. We will cause the work to cease.« ¹² When the Jews who were living near them came, they said to us ten times: »From all directions they are coming against us.« ¹³ So in the lowest part of the space at the back of the walls, in the open places, I put the people by families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

¹⁷ Those who were building the wall and those who were moving material did their part. Everyone worked with one hand and with his spear in the other. ¹⁸ Every builder was working with his sword at his side. By my side was a man for sounding the warning horn. ¹⁹ I said to the leaders and the rest of the people: »The work is extensive and widely spaced and we are far away from one another on the wall. ²⁰ »Wherever you may be when the horn is sounded, come here to us. Our God will fight for us.« ²¹ So we went on with the work. Half of them had spears in their hands from the dawn of the morning till the stars were seen. ²² At the same time I said to the people: »Let everyone with his servant come inside Jerusalem for the night. At night they may keep watch for us, and go on working by day.« ²³ Not one of us, I or my brothers or my servants or the watchmen who were with me, changed clothes. Everyone went armed to the water.

⁸ It was evil in my eyes so I had all Tobiah's things removed from the room. ⁹ Then I gave orders, and they made the rooms clean. I put the vessels of the House of God, along with the meal offerings and the perfume, back in the rooms. ¹⁰ I saw that the Levites had not been given what was needed for their support. So the Levites and the music-makers, who did the work, had gone away, everyone to his field. ¹¹ Then I made protests to the chiefs, and said: »Why has the house of God been given up?« I got them together and put them in their places. ¹² All Judah came with the tenth part of the grain and wine and oil and put it into the storehouses. ¹³ I made controllers over the storehouses, Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and with them was Hanan, the son of Zaccur the son of Mattaniah. They were taken to be honest men and their business was the distribution of these things to their brothers. ¹⁴ Nehemiah’s prayer: »Keep me in mind, O my God, in connection with this, and do not let the good which I have done for the house of my God and its worship go from your memory completely.« ¹⁵ In those days, I saw in Judah some who were crushing grapes on the Sabbath, and harvesting grain and putting it on Asses; as well as wine and grapes and figs and all sorts of goods that they took into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. I gave witness against them on the day when they were marketing food. ¹⁶ There were men of Tyre there. They came with fish and all sorts of goods, trading with the children of Judah and in Jerusalem on the Sabbath. ¹⁷ Then I made protests to the chiefs of Judah, and said to them: »What is this evil you are doing, not keeping the Sabbath day holy? ¹⁸ »Did not your fathers do the same, and did not our God send all this evil on us and on this town? You are causing more anger to come on Israel by not keeping the Sabbath holy.« ¹⁹ When the streets of Jerusalem were getting dark before the Sabbath, I gave orders for the gate to be shut and not to be open again until after the Sabbath. I put some of my servants by the gate so that nothing might be taken in on the Sabbath day. ²⁰ So the traders in all sorts of goods took their night's rest outside Jerusalem once or twice. ²¹ Then I gave witness against them and said: »Why are you waiting all night by the wall? If you do so again I will have you taken prisoners.« From that time they did not come again on the Sabbath. ²² I gave the Levites orders to make themselves clean and come and keep the gates and make the Sabbath holy. »Keep this in mind to my credit, O my God, and have mercy on me, for great is your mercy.« ²³ I saw the Jews who were married to women of Ashdod and Ammon and Moab: ²⁴ Their children were talking half in the language of Ashdod; they had no knowledge of the Jews' language, but made use of the language of the two peoples. ²⁵ I took up the cause against them, cursing them and giving blows to some of them and pulling out their hair. I made them take an oath by God, saying: »You are not to give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves. ²⁶ »Was it not in these things that Solomon, king of Israel, did wrong? Among a number of nations there was no king like him. He was dear to his God, and God made him king over all Israel. But even he was made to do evil by strange women. ²⁷ »Are we then without protest to let you do all this great evil, sinning against our God by taking strange women for your wives?« ²⁸ One of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib, the chief priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite, so I sent him away from me. ²⁹ »Keep them in mind, O my God, because they have put shame on the priests' name and on the agreement of the priests and the Levites.« ³⁰ I made them clean from all strange people. Regular watches were fixed for the priests and for the Levites, everyone in his work. ³¹ »And for the wood offering, at fixed times, and for the first fruits. Keep me in mind, O my God, for good.«

⁷ »At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail. ⁸ »Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil, ⁹ yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth growth like a plant. ¹⁰ »On the other hand man dies and is laid low. He breathes his last and is no more! ¹¹ »Just like water that disappears from the sea or a riverbed that becomes parched and dry, ¹² so men lie down and do not rise. Until the heavens are no more, men will not awake or be roused from their sleep.

⁵ No one remembers you when he is dead. Who praises you from the grave?

¹⁵ All day long my mouth will tell of your righteousness and of your salvation. I do not know the number. ¹⁶ I will come with the mighty deeds of Jehovah God. I will make mention of your righteousness, yours alone. ¹⁷ O God, You taught me from my youth, and I still declare your wondrous deeds. ¹⁸ And even when I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me, until I declare your strength to this generation, your power to all who are to come.

¹⁰ Will you perform miracles for those who are dead? Will the dead rise and give thanks to you? ¹¹ Will anyone tell about your loving kindness in the grave or about your faithfulness after they parish? ¹² Will anyone know about your miracles in that dark place or about your righteousness (mercy) in the place of destruction?

⁵ The living know that they will die! The dead do not know anything. They do not have any more reward. Their memory is forgotten. ⁶ Their love, their hatred, and their envy, is now gone, perished! They do not share anything that is done under the sun.

³ If the clouds are full of rain they empty themselves upon the earth. If the tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will be.

⁶ In the morning sow your seed. In the evening do not withhold your hand. For you do not know which shall prosper. Whether they both will alike be good.

¹⁸ »For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise. Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness. ¹⁹ »The living, yes the living praise you, as I am doing today! Fathers tell their children about your faithfulness.

¹³ ‘When you look for me, you will find me. When you wholeheartedly seek me,

³³ »Seek (desire) (require) (serve) first the kingdom of God and his righteousness [continuously] and all these things will be added to you.

³⁴ Jesus said: »My food is to do the will of him that sent me. To finish his work!

⁴ »We must work the works of him that sent me while it is day. When the night comes no man can work.

²⁵ »I know all of you and have preached the kingdom with you. But you will not see me again. ²⁶ »I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of all men. ²⁷ »I did not shrink from telling you the entire will of God. ²⁸ »Be on guard for yourselves and the flock that the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Feed the Congregation of God that he purchased with the blood of his own [Son]. ²⁹ »I know that after my departing grievous wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock. ³⁰ »Such men will arise from among you speaking perverse things to draw away the disciples after them. ³¹ »Be on guard! Remember I did not cease for three years to admonish you day and night with tears.

¹¹ Do not lag behind in diligence. Be fervent in spirit serving God.

¹⁸ I will not dare to speak of any of those things that Christ has not accomplished through me. I will lead the nations to obey God in word and deed. ¹⁹ Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God. From Jerusalem, and round about Illyricum, I have fully preached the good news of Christ. ²⁰ I have strived to preach the good news, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:

¹⁰ By the divine influence of God I am what I am. His grace was not given to me in vain for I labored more than all of them. Yet it was not I. It was the divine influence and favor of God in me.

²⁴ Do you not know that they who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain the prize.

²⁶ I do not run without definite aim (purpose) and I do not fight like a man beating the air.

¹⁰ Now if Timothy comes, see that he may be with you without fear, for he works the work of God, as I also do.

¹⁶ Make the most of your time (redeem or ransom back time), because the days are evil.

²³ Whatever you do, work at it without reservation, as to God, and not to men.

¹² I will always be ready to remind you of these things. Even though you know them, and are established in the truth that is present with you. ¹³ I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by reminding you. ¹⁴ I know that putting off my earthly dwelling is imminent, even as our Lord Jesus Christ indicated to me. ¹⁵ I will be diligent so that every time after my departure you will remember these things.