The most popular Bible verses from Ecclesiastes - Page 5

Found 222 Verses (from 41)

Ecclesiastes 7:11

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Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing and benefits those who see the sun. NIV

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, yes, more excellent it is for those [the living] who see the sun. AMP

Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. KJV

Ecclesiastes 8:10

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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. NIV

And so I saw the wicked buried--those who had come and gone out of the holy place [but did not thereby escape their doom], and they are [praised and] forgotten in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity (emptiness, falsity, vainglory, and futility)! AMP

And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity. KJV

Ecclesiastes 6:7

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Everyone's toil is for the mouth, yet the appetite is never satisfied. NIV

All the labor of man is for his mouth [for self-preservation and enjoyment], and yet his desire is not satisfied. [Prov. 16:26.] AMP

All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. KJV

Ecclesiastes 4:7

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Again I saw something meaningless under the sun: NIV

Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun [in one of its peculiar forms]. AMP

Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. KJV

Ecclesiastes 3:8

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A time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace. NIV

A time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace. [Luke 14:26.] AMP

A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. KJV

Ecclesiastes 3:9

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What do workers gain from their toil? NIV

What profit remains for the worker from his toil? AMP

What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? KJV

Ecclesiastes 2:4

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I undertook great projects: I built houses for myself and planted vineyards. NIV

I made great works; I built myself houses, I planted vineyards. AMP

I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: KJV

Ecclesiastes 7:14

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When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, you cannot discover anything about your future. NIV

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider that God has made the one side by side with the other, so that man may not find out anything that shall be after him. AMP

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. KJV

Ecclesiastes 3:7

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A time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak NIV

A time to rend and a time to sew, a time to keep silence and a time to speak, [Amos 5:13.] AMP

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; KJV

Ecclesiastes 7:13

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

Consider the work of God: who can make straight what He has made crooked? AMP

Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? KJV