Quotes about God
For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.
— Ecclesiastes 5:7
Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
— Ecclesiastes 5:18
Furthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God.
— Ecclesiastes 5:19
For a man seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.
— Ecclesiastes 5:20
God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.
— Ecclesiastes 6:2
Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?
— Ecclesiastes 7:13
In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.
— Ecclesiastes 7:14
It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.
— Ecclesiastes 7:18
Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
— Ecclesiastes 7:29
Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.
— Ecclesiastes 8:2
Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.
— Ecclesiastes 8:12
Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.
— Ecclesiastes 8:13