Popular Bible Verses from Ecclesiastes 9

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Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.

Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun — all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.

Go, eat your bread with joy, 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 calm words of the wise are heeded over the shouts of a ruler among fools.

For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.