Popular Bible Verses from Ecclesiastes 9

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Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

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

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.