Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Ecclesiastes 3:14

“I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.”

Ecclesiastes 3:14 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Ecclesiastes 3:14, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Ecclesiastes 3. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • James 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
  • Psalms 33:11The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
  • Romans 11:36For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
  • Acts 5:39But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
  • Proverbs 30:6Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
  • Titus 1:2In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
  • Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
  • Psalms 119:90Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
  • Psalms 64:9And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
  • Daniel 11:2And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall …
  • Ecclesiastes 8:12Though 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:
  • Ephesians 3:11According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
  • Ecclesiastes 7:18It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
  • Psalms 76:10Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.

More to meet God in Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 3:1Ecclesiastes 4:9Ecclesiastes 5:8Ecclesiastes 4:1Ecclesiastes 11:9Ecclesiastes 9:10Ecclesiastes 3:2Ecclesiastes 12:1Ecclesiastes 10:12Ecclesiastes 10:19Ecclesiastes 3:7Ecclesiastes 3:17Ecclesiastes 9:11Ecclesiastes 11:8

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.