Quotes about God
For apart from Him, who can eat and who can find enjoyment?
— Ecclesiastes 2:25
I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.
— Ecclesiastes 3:10
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
— Ecclesiastes 3:11
and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
— Ecclesiastes 3:13
I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.
— Ecclesiastes 3:14
What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.
— Ecclesiastes 3:15
I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
— Ecclesiastes 3:17
I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”
— Ecclesiastes 3:18
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
— Ecclesiastes 5:1
Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. After all, God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.
— Ecclesiastes 5:2
When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.
— Ecclesiastes 5:4
Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?
— Ecclesiastes 5:6