The most popular Bible verses from Ecclesiastes - Page 10

Found 222 Verses (from 91)

Ecclesiastes 5:11

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As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owners except to feast their eyes on them? NIV

When goods increase, they who eat them increase also. And what gain is there to their owner except to see them with his eyes? AMP

When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes? KJV

Ecclesiastes 12:4

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When the doors to the street are closed and the sound of grinding fades; when people rise up at the sound of birds, but all their songs grow faint NIV

When the doors [the lips] are shut in the streets and the sound of the grinding [of the teeth] is low, and one rises up at the voice of a bird and the crowing of a cock, and all the daughters of music [the voice and the ear] are brought low; AMP

And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low; KJV

Ecclesiastes 10:13

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At the beginning their words are folly; at the end they are wicked madness – NIV

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is wicked madness. AMP

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. KJV

Ecclesiastes 7:18

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

It is good that you should take hold of this and from that withdraw not your hand; for he who [reverently] fears and worships God will come forth from them all. AMP

It 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. KJV

Ecclesiastes 2:5

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I made gardens and parks and planted all kinds of fruit trees in them. NIV

I made for myself gardens and orchards and I planted in them all kinds of fruit trees. AMP

I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: KJV

Ecclesiastes 7:26

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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. NIV

And I found that [of all sinful follies none has been so ruinous in seducing one away from God as idolatrous women] more bitter than death is the woman whose heart is snares and nets and whose hands are bands. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her. AMP

And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. KJV

Ecclesiastes 3:21

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"Who knows if the human spirit rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?" NIV

Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goes downward to the earth? AMP

Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? KJV

Ecclesiastes 12:5

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When people are afraid of heights and of dangers in the streets; when the almond tree blossoms and the grasshopper drags itself along and desire no longer is stirred. Then people go to their eternal home and mourners go about the streets. NIV

Also when [the old] are afraid of danger from that which is high, and fears are in the way, and the almond tree [their white hair] blooms, and the grasshopper [a little thing] is a burden, and desire and appetite fail, because man goes to his everlasting home and the mourners go about the streets or marketplaces. [Job 17:13.] AMP

Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: KJV

Ecclesiastes 5:16

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This too is a grievous evil: As everyone comes, so they depart, and what do they gain, since they toil for the wind? NIV

And this also is a serious and severe evil--that in all points as he came, so shall he go; and what gain has he who labors for the wind? [I Tim. 6:6.] AMP

And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind? KJV

Ecclesiastes 2:6

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I made reservoirs to water groves of flourishing trees. NIV

I made for myself pools of water from which to water the forest and make the trees bud. AMP

I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees: KJV