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Ecc 6:12 — For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

who knoweth		Ecc 2:3; Ecc 12:13; Psa 4:6; Psa 16:5; Psa 17:15; Psa 47:4; Lam 3:24-27; Mic 6:8
the days of his vain life		Heb. the number of the days of the life of his vanity. Ecc 8:13; Ecc 9:6; 1Ch 29:15; Job 8:9; Job 14:2; Psa 39:5,6; Psa 89:47; Psa 90:10-12; Psa 102:11; Psa 109:23; Psa 144:4; Jam 4:14
for who can		Ecc 3:22; Ecc 8:7; Job 14:21

Correlating Passages

who knoweth

	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 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.
	Psa 4:6	[There be] many that say, Who will shew us [any] good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
	Psa 16:5	The LORD [is] the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
	Psa 17:15	As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
	Psa 47:4	He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
	Lam 3:24	The LORD [is] my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
	Lam 3:25	The LORD [is] good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.
	Lam 3:26	[It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
	Lam 3:27	[It is] good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
	Mic 6:8	He hath shewed thee, O man, what [is] good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

the days of his vain life

	Ecc 8:13	But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong [his] days, [which are] as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
	Ecc 9:6	Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any [thing] that is done under the sun.
	1Ch 29:15	For we [are] strangers before thee, and sojourners, as [were] all our fathers: our days on the earth [are] as a shadow, and [there is] none abiding.
	Job 8:9	(For we [are but of] yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth [are] a shadow:)
	Job 14:2	He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
	Psa 39:5	Behold, thou hast made my days [as] an handbreadth; and mine age [is] as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state [is] altogether vanity. Selah.
	Psa 39:6	Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.
	Psa 89:47	Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
	Psa 90:10	The days of our years [are] threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength [they be] fourscore years, yet [is] their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
	Psa 90:11	Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, [so is] thy wrath.
	Psa 90:12	So teach [us] to number our days, that we may apply [our] hearts unto wisdom.
	Psa 102:11	My days [are] like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
	Psa 109:23	I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
	Psa 144:4	Man is like to vanity: his days [are] as a shadow that passeth away.
	Jam 4:14	Whereas ye know not what [shall be] on the morrow. For what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

for who can

	Ecc 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?
	Ecc 8:7	For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
	Job 14:21	His sons come to honour, and he knoweth [it] not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth [it] not of them.

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Scott, Thomas. "Ecclesiastes 6:12," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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