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Ecc 11:8 — But if a man live many years, [and] rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh [is] vanity.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

if a man		Ecc 6:6; Ecc 8:12
rejoice		Ecc 3:12,13; Ecc 5:18-20; Ecc 8:15
yet		Ecc 7:14; Ecc 12:1-5; Deu 32:29; Job 10:22; Job 14:10; Job 15:23; Job 18:18; Jer 13:16; Joe 2:2; Mat 22:13; Jhn 12:35; Jud 1:18
All that		Ecc 2:1-11,15,17,19,21-23,26; Ecc 4:8,16; Ecc 5:15,16; Ecc 6:11

Correlating Passages

if a man

	Ecc 6:6	Yea, though he live a thousand years twice [told], yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
	Ecc 8:12	Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his [days] be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

rejoice

	Ecc 3:12	I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
	Ecc 3:13	And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it [is] the gift of God.
	Ecc 5:18	Behold [that] which I have seen: [it is] good and comely [for one] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it [is] his portion.
	Ecc 5:19	Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this [is] the gift of God.
	Ecc 5:20	For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth [him] in the joy of his heart.
	Ecc 8:15	Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

yet

	Ecc 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.
	Ecc 12:1	Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
	Ecc 12:2	While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
	Ecc 12:3	In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,
	Ecc 12:4	And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;
	Ecc 12:5	Also [when] they shall be afraid of [that which is] high, and fears [shall be] in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
	Deu 32:29	O that they were wise, [that] they understood this, [that] they would consider their latter end!
	Job 10:22	A land of darkness, as darkness [itself; and] of the shadow of death, without any order, and [where] the light [is] as darkness.
	Job 14:10	But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where [is] he?
	Job 15:23	He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where [is it]? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
	Job 18:18	He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
	Jer 13:16	Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, [and] make [it] gross darkness.
	Joe 2:2	A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, [even] to the years of many generations.
	Mat 22:13	Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast [him] into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
	Jhn 12:35	Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
	Jud 1:18	How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

All that

	Ecc 2:1	I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also [is] vanity.
	Ecc 2:2	I said of laughter, [It is] mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
	Ecc 2:3	I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what [was] that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
	Ecc 2:4	I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
	Ecc 2:5	I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all [kind of] fruits:
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	Ecc 2:15	Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also [is] vanity.
	Ecc 2:17	Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun [is] grievous unto me: for all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
	Ecc 2:19	And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise [man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This [is] also vanity.
	Ecc 2:21	For there is a man whose labour [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it [for] his portion. This also [is] vanity and a great evil.
	Ecc 2:22	For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
	Ecc 2:23	For all his days [are] sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
	Ecc 2:26	For [God] giveth to a man that [is] good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to [him that is] good before God. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
	Ecc 4:8	There is one [alone], and [there is] not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet [is there] no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither [saith he], For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This [is] also vanity, yea, it [is] a sore travail.
	Ecc 4:16	[There is] no end of all the people, [even] of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
	Ecc 5:15	As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
	Ecc 5:16	And this also [is] a sore evil, [that] in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
	Ecc 6:11	Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what [is] man the better?

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Scott, Thomas. "Ecclesiastes 11:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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