The most popular Bible verses from Ecclesiastes - Page 8

Found 222 Verses (from 71)

Ecclesiastes 6:8

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What advantage have the wise over fools? What do the poor gain by knowing how to conduct themselves before others? NIV

For what advantage has the wise man over the fool [being worldly-wise is not the secret to happiness]? What advantage has the poor man who has learned how to walk before the living [publicly, with men's eyes upon him; being poor is not the secret to happiness either]? AMP

For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? KJV

Ecclesiastes 9:1

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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. NIV

FOR ALL this I took to heart, exploring and examining it all, how the righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) and the wise and their works are in the hands of God. Whether it is to be love or hatred no man knows; all that is before them. AMP

For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them. KJV

Ecclesiastes 2:10

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I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure. My heart took delight in all my labor, and this was the reward for all my toil. NIV

And whatever my eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any pleasure, for my heart rejoiced in all my labor, and this was my portion and reward for all my toil. AMP

And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour. KJV

Ecclesiastes 2:18

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I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me. NIV

And I hated all my labor in which I had toiled under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who will succeed me. [Ps. 49:10.] AMP

Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. KJV

Ecclesiastes 10:18

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Through laziness, the rafters sag; because of idle hands, the house leaks. NIV

Through indolence the rafters [of state affairs] decay and the roof sinks in, and through idleness of the hands the house leaks. AMP

By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. KJV

Ecclesiastes 9:13

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I also saw under the sun this example of wisdom that greatly impressed me: NIV

This [illustration of] wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great to me: AMP

This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: KJV

Ecclesiastes 8:13

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Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow. NIV

But it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like a shadow, because he does not [reverently] fear and worship God. [Matt. 25:41.] AMP

But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God. KJV

Ecclesiastes 3:10

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

I have seen the painful labor and exertion and miserable business which God has given to the sons of men with which to exercise and busy themselves. AMP

I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. KJV

Ecclesiastes 9:17

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The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools. NIV

The words of wise men heard in quiet are better than the shouts of him who rules among fools. AMP

The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. KJV

Ecclesiastes 9:16

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So I said, "Wisdom is better than strength." But the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are no longer heeded. NIV

But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man's wisdom is despised and his words are not heeded. AMP

Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. KJV