Popular Bible Verses from Ecclesiastes 9

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Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.

I returned and saw under the sun that— The race is not to the swift, Nor the battle to the strong, Nor bread to the wise, Nor riches to men of understanding, Nor favor to men of skill; But time and chance happen to them all.

Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity; for that is your portion in life, and in the labor which you perform under the sun.

Go, eat your bread with joy, And drink your wine with a merry heart; For God has already accepted your works.

Wisdom is better than weapons of war; But one sinner destroys much good.”

Words of the wise, spoken quietly, should be heard Rather than the shout of a ruler of fools.

For the living know that they will die; But the dead know nothing, And they have no more reward, For the memory of them is forgotten.