Popular Bible Verses from Ecclesiastes 9

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Whatever your hand finds to do, do with your might; for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the skillful; but time and chance happen to them all.

Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that are given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.

Go, eat your bread with enjoyment, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has long ago approved what you do.

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

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

The living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no more reward, and even the memory of them is lost.