Popular Verses of Ecclesiastes

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Top 100 Most Popular Bible Verses from Ecclesiastes

1	There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: Ecclesiastes 3:1 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
2	There was a man all alone; he had neither son nor brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth. "For whom am I toiling," he asked, "and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?" This too is meaningless- a miserable business! Ecclesiastes 4:8 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
3	I also thought, "As for men, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals. Ecclesiastes 3:18 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
4	The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails-given by one Shepherd. Ecclesiastes 12:11 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
5	a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, Ecclesiastes 3:4 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
6	The fool folds his hands and ruins himself. Ecclesiastes 4:5 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
7	Words from a wise man's mouth are gracious, but a fool is consumed by his own lips. Ecclesiastes 10:12 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
8	Again I saw something meaningless under the sun: Ecclesiastes 4:7 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
9	When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe man's labor on earth-his eyes not seeing sleep day or night- Ecclesiastes 8:16 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
10	If a man is lazy, the rafters sag; if his hands are idle, the house leaks. Ecclesiastes 10:18 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
11	There was once a small city with only a few people in it. And a powerful king came against it, surrounded it and built huge siegeworks against it. Ecclesiastes 9:14 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
12	Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, "I find no pleasure in them"- Ecclesiastes 12:1 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
13	"Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless." Ecclesiastes 1:2 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
14	There is something else meaningless that occurs on earth: righteous men who get what the wicked deserve, and wicked men who get what the righteous deserve. This too, I say, is meaningless. Ecclesiastes 8:14 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
15	When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, a man cannot discover anything about his future. Ecclesiastes 7:14 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
16	Now there lived in that city a man poor but wise, and he saved the city by his wisdom. But nobody remembered that poor man. Ecclesiastes 9:15 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
17	Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird of the air may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say. Ecclesiastes 10:20 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
18	I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him. Ecclesiastes 3:14 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
19	when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men stoop, when the grinders cease because they are few, and those looking through the windows grow dim; Ecclesiastes 12:3 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
20	I thought to myself, "Look, I have grown and increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me; I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge." Ecclesiastes 1:16 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
21	Wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: that wisdom preserves the life of its possessor. Ecclesiastes 7:12 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
22	All man's efforts are for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied. Ecclesiastes 6:7 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
23	I undertook great projects: I built houses for myself and planted vineyards. Ecclesiastes 2:4 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
24	The increase from the land is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields. Ecclesiastes 5:9 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
25	or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when he has a son there is nothing left for him. Ecclesiastes 5:14 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
26	Blessed are you, O land whose king is of noble birth and whose princes eat at a proper time- for strength and not for drunkenness. Ecclesiastes 10:17 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
27	So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God's hands, but no man knows whether love or hate awaits him. Ecclesiastes 9:1 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
28	Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow. Ecclesiastes 8:13 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
29	Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the grave, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom. Ecclesiastes 9:10 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
30	Is there anything of which one can say, "Look! This is something new"? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time. Ecclesiastes 1:10 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
31	What is twisted cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted. Ecclesiastes 1:15 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
32	Do not say, "Why were the old days better than these?" For it is not wise to ask such questions. Ecclesiastes 7:10 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
33	Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing and benefits those who see the sun. Ecclesiastes 7:11 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
34	Then too, I saw the wicked buried-those who used to come and go from the holy place and receive praise in the city where they did this. This too is meaningless. Ecclesiastes 8:10 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
35	What advantage has a wise man over a fool? What does a poor man gain by knowing how to conduct himself before others? Ecclesiastes 6:8 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
36	I have seen the burden God has laid on men. Ecclesiastes 3:10 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
37	There is no remembrance of men of old, and even those who are yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow. Ecclesiastes 1:11 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
38	As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owner except to feast his eyes on them? Ecclesiastes 5:11 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
39	What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. Ecclesiastes 1:9 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
40	a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, Ecclesiastes 3:7 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
41	The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools. Ecclesiastes 9:17 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
42	It is good to grasp the one and not let go of the other. The man who fears God will avoid all extremes. Ecclesiastes 7:18 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
43	I made gardens and parks and planted all kinds of fruit trees in them. Ecclesiastes 2:5 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
44	What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun? Ecclesiastes 1:3 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
45	The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course. Ecclesiastes 1:6 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
46	Better one handful with tranquillity than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind. Ecclesiastes 4:6 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
47	Woe to you, O land whose king was a servant and whose princes feast in the morning. Ecclesiastes 10:16 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
48	I also saw under the sun this example of wisdom that greatly impressed me: Ecclesiastes 9:13 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
49	All his days he eats in darkness, with great frustration, affliction and anger. Ecclesiastes 5:17 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
50	Do not pay attention to every word people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you- Ecclesiastes 7:21 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
51	Better what the eye sees than the roving of the appetite. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. Ecclesiastes 6:9 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
52	when men are afraid of heights and of dangers in the streets; when the almond tree blossoms and the grasshopper drags himself along and desire no longer is stirred. Then man goes to his eternal home and mourners go about the streets. Ecclesiastes 12:5 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
53	I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure. My heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor. Ecclesiastes 2:10 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
54	All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again. Ecclesiastes 1:7 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
55	I tried cheering myself with wine, and embracing folly-my mind still guiding me with wisdom. I wanted to see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives. Ecclesiastes 2:3 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
56	For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes 1:18 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
57	What does the worker gain from his toil? Ecclesiastes 3:9 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
58	Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun: I saw the tears of the oppressed- and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors- and they have no comforter. Ecclesiastes 4:1 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
59	Although a wicked man commits a hundred crimes and still lives a long time, I know that it will go better with God-fearing men, who are reverent before God. Ecclesiastes 8:12 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
60	So I said, "Wisdom is better than strength." But the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are no longer heeded. Ecclesiastes 9:16 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
61	Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?" Ecclesiastes 3:21 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
62	Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: Ecclesiastes 4:9 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
63	Moreover, no man knows when his hour will come: As fish are caught in a cruel net, or birds are taken in a snare, so men are trapped by evil times that fall unexpectedly upon them. Ecclesiastes 9:12 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
64	Consider what God has done: Who can straighten what he has made crooked? Ecclesiastes 7:13 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
65	I thought in my heart, "God will bring to judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time for every deed." Ecclesiastes 3:17 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
66	He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. Ecclesiastes 3:11 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
67	a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, Ecclesiastes 3:6 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
68	Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account. Ecclesiastes 3:15 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
69	Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. Ecclesiastes 12:13 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
70	All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing. Ecclesiastes 1:8 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
71	a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace. Ecclesiastes 3:8 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
72	When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, the hearts of the people are filled with schemes to do wrong. Ecclesiastes 8:11 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
73	I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. Ecclesiastes 3:12 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
74	when the doors to the street are closed and the sound of grinding fades; when men rise up at the sound of birds, but all their songs grow faint; Ecclesiastes 12:4 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
75	If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still. Ecclesiastes 5:8 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
76	Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore stand in awe of God. Ecclesiastes 5:7 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
77	I devoted myself to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid on men! Ecclesiastes 1:13 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
78	I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind. Ecclesiastes 1:14 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
79	a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain, Ecclesiastes 3:5 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
80	So I commend the enjoyment of life, because nothing is better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany him in his work all the days of the life God has given him under the sun. Ecclesiastes 8:15 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
81	There was no end to all the people who were before them. But those who came later were not pleased with the successor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. Ecclesiastes 4:16 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
82	I made reservoirs to water groves of flourishing trees. Ecclesiastes 2:6 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
83	The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises. Ecclesiastes 1:5 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
84	So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. Ecclesiastes 2:17 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
85	I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me. Ecclesiastes 2:18 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
86	I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem. Ecclesiastes 1:12 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
87	For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even the memory of them is forgotten. Ecclesiastes 9:5 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
88	Do not let your mouth lead you into sin. And do not protest to the temple messenger, "My vow was a mistake." Why should God be angry at what you say and destroy the work of your hands? Ecclesiastes 5:6 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
89	All this I saw, as I applied my mind to everything done under the sun. There is a time when a man lords it over others to his own hurt. Ecclesiastes 8:9 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
90	If a snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer. Ecclesiastes 10:11 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
91	The Teacher searched to find just the right words, and what he wrote was upright and true. Ecclesiastes 12:10 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
92	At the beginning his words are folly; at the end they are wicked madness- Ecclesiastes 10:13 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
93	I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a trap and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner she will ensnare. Ecclesiastes 7:26 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
94	The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride. Ecclesiastes 7:8 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
95	Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind. Ecclesiastes 1:17 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
96	Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take warning. Ecclesiastes 4:13 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
97	and the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming- who can tell him what will happen after him? Ecclesiastes 10:14 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
98	If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! Ecclesiastes 4:10 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
99	Wisdom makes one wise man more powerful than ten rulers in a city. Ecclesiastes 7:19 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal
100	This too is a grievous evil: As a man comes, so he departs, and what does he gain, since he toils for the wind? Ecclesiastes 5:16 NIV See Verse See Chapter Create Postal

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