Popular Bible Verses from Ecclesiastes 9

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Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.

I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the warriors, and neither is bread to the wise nor wealth to the discerning, nor favor to the skillful; for time and chance overtake them all.

Enjoy life with the wife whom you love all the days of your futile life which He has given you under the sun, all the days of your futility; for this is your reward in life and in your work which you have labored under the sun.

Go then, eat your bread in happiness, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works.

Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.

The words of the wise heard in calm are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.

For the living know that they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor do they have a reward any longer, for their memory is forgotten.