Ecclesiastes 7:14

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What does Ecclesiastes 7:14 mean?

Ecclesiastes 7:14 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for Ecclesiastes 7:14

• Ecclesiastes 3:4

  A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

• Ecclesiastes 3:22

  Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

• Deuteronomy 8:3

  And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.

• Ecclesiastes 12:13

  Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

• James 5:13

  Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

• Deuteronomy 28:47

  Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;

• Isaiah 26:11

  Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.

• Job 10:1-2

  My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

• Jeremiah 23:20

  The anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.

• Psalms 94:12-13

  Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law; That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.

• 2 Chronicles 33:12-13

  And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God.

• Matthew 9:13

  But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

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Context

• Ecclesiastes 7:13

  Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

• Ecclesiastes 7:14

  In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

• Ecclesiastes 7:15

  All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.

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