Ecclesiastes 1:13; Ecclesiastes 2:24; Ecclesiastes 2:26; Ecclesiastes 3:10; Ecclesiastes 3:11; Ecclesiastes 3:13; Ecclesiastes 3:14; Ecclesiastes 3:15; Ecclesiastes 3:17; Ecclesiastes 3:18; Ecclesiastes 5:1; Ecclesiastes 5:2; Ecclesiastes 5:4; Ecclesiastes 5:6; Ecclesiastes 5:7; Ecclesiastes 5:18; Ecclesiastes 5:19; Ecclesiastes 5:20; Ecclesiastes 6:2; Ecclesiastes 7:13; Ecclesiastes 7:14; Ecclesiastes 7:18; Ecclesiastes 7:26; Ecclesiastes 7:29; Ecclesiastes 8:2; Ecclesiastes 8:12; Ecclesiastes 8:13; Ecclesiastes 8:15; Ecclesiastes 8:17; Ecclesiastes 9:1; Ecclesiastes 9:7; Ecclesiastes 11:5; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Ecclesiastes 12:13; Ecclesiastes 12:14

Ecclesiastes 1:13

13 I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind!

Ecclesiastes 2:24

24 A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil. This too, I see, is from the hand of God,

Ecclesiastes 2:26

26 To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 3:10

10 I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

Ecclesiastes 3:13

13 That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God.

Ecclesiastes 3:14

14 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 people will fear him.

Ecclesiastes 3:15

15 Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account.

Ecclesiastes 3:17

17 I said to myself, “God will bring into judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time to judge every deed.”

Ecclesiastes 3:18

18 I also said to myself, “As for humans, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

1 Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.

Ecclesiastes 5:2

2 Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.

Ecclesiastes 5:4

4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow.

Ecclesiastes 5:6

6 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 5:7

7 Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore fear God.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

18 This is what I have observed to be good: that it is appropriate for a person to eat, to drink and to find satisfaction in their toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given them—for this is their lot.

Ecclesiastes 5:19

19 Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and the ability to enjoy them, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God.

Ecclesiastes 5:20

20 They seldom reflect on the days of their life, because God keeps them occupied with gladness of heart.

Ecclesiastes 6:2

2 God gives some people wealth, possessions and honor, so that they lack nothing their hearts desire, but God does not grant them the ability to enjoy them, and strangers enjoy them instead. This is meaningless, a grievous evil.

Ecclesiastes 7:13

13 Consider what God has done: Who can straighten what he has made crooked?

Ecclesiastes 7:14

14 When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future.

Ecclesiastes 7:18

18 It is good to grasp the one and not let go of the other. Whoever fears God will avoid all extremes.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

26 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 7:29

29 This only have I found: God created mankind upright, but they have gone in search of many schemes.”

Ecclesiastes 8:2

2 Obey the king’s command, I say, because you took an oath before God.

Ecclesiastes 8:12

12 Although a wicked person who commits a hundred crimes may live a long time, I know that it will go better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.

Ecclesiastes 8:13

13 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 8:15

15 So I commend the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany them in their toil all the days of the life God has given them under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 8:17

17 then I saw all that God has done. No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun. Despite all their efforts to search it out, no one can discover its meaning. Even if the wise claim they know, they cannot really comprehend it.

Ecclesiastes 9:1

1 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 one knows whether love or hate awaits them.

Ecclesiastes 9:7

7 Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for God has already approved what you do.

Ecclesiastes 11:5

5 As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

9 You who are young, be happy while you are young, and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart and whatever your eyes see, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

7 and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

13 Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.

Ecclesiastes 12:14

14 For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.