Quotes about Ecclesiastes
For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
- Ecclesiastes 7:12
While my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I have found one upright man, but among all these I have not found one such woman.
- Ecclesiastes 7:28
Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made men upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
- Ecclesiastes 7:29
For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.
- Ecclesiastes 8:6
Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.
- Ecclesiastes 8:10
When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night—
- Ecclesiastes 8:16
Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a share in all that is done under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 9:6
And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”
- Ecclesiastes 9:16
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
- Ecclesiastes 9:18
There is an evil I have seen under the sun—an error that proceeds from the ruler:
- Ecclesiastes 10:5
So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.
- Ecclesiastes 11:10
The Teacher searched to find delightful sayings and to record accurate words of truth.
- Ecclesiastes 12:10