Bible Verses about 'Ecclesiastes 3'

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• For everything there is a season,
  and a time for every activity under heaven.
  Ecclesiastes 3:1planninglifeheaven
• He has made everything suitable for its time, and he has given men a sense of past and future, but they never have the slightest comprehension of what God has wrought from beginning to end.
  Ecclesiastes 3:11creationunderstandinglife
• I understand that man’s greatest happiness is to be glad and do well throughout his life. And when we eat and drink and find satisfaction in all our labors, this is a gift of God.
  Ecclesiastes 3:12-13joylifefood
• Then I came to realize that all toil and skill in work derive from one person’s envy of another. This also is vanity and a chase after the wind.
  Ecclesiastes 4:4workneighbordesires
• Two are better than one:
  they earn a far greater reward for their toil.
  Ecclesiastes 4:9friendshiprelationshipswork
• And if one should fall,
  his companion will help him up.
  How pathetic is the man who is alone and falls
  and has no one to assist him to his feet.
  Ecclesiastes 4:10relationshipsfriendshipneighbor
• And where a single man can be overcome,
  two together will be able to resist.
  A cord with three strands is not easily broken.
  Ecclesiastes 4:12relationshipsfriendshipstrength
• When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, for God has no pleasure in fools. Fulfill the vow you have made.
  Ecclesiastes 5:3promisesreliabilityobedience
• One who is covetous will never be satisfied with money,
  nor will the lover of wealth be content with gain.
  This too is vanity.
  Ecclesiastes 5:9moneygreedmaterialism
• When riches increase,
  so do those who are eager to accumulate them,
  and those who have accumulated them must remain content
  simply to feast their eyes on them.
  Ecclesiastes 5:10materialismmoneydesires
• Just as he came forth naked from his mother’s womb,
  so shall he depart, naked as he came,
  with nothing remaining from his labor
  that he can carry away in his hands.
  Ecclesiastes 5:14greedmaterialismheaven
• This is the conclusion I have reached: it is fitting for a man to eat and drink and find satisfaction in the results of his labors under the sun during the brief span of life that God has allotted him.
  Ecclesiastes 5:17foodworklife
• Moreover, the one to whom God grants wealth and possessions and the ability to enjoy them and to find contentment in his toil receives a gift from God.
  Ecclesiastes 5:18moneyfoodwork
• Do not assert that the past was better than the present,
  for such a statement is not a sign of wisdom.
  Ecclesiastes 7:10wisdomlife
• When things are going well, be grateful for your blessings,
  and in times of adversity consider this:
  God has made both of them,
  so that we cannot predict with confidence
  what the future holds.
  Ecclesiastes 7:14joylifedependence
• Because the sentence for committing an evil act is not carried out quickly, people’s hearts are prone to act wickedly.
  Ecclesiastes 8:11sinheartpunishment
• Go forth, then. Eat your bread with joy and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God long ago approved what you do.
  Ecclesiastes 9:7joyfoodlife
• The words of a wise man win favor,
  but a fool’s tongue is his undoing.
  Ecclesiastes 10:12speakingwisdom
• Just as you do not know the path of the wind
  or how the body is formed in a woman’s womb,
  so you do not know the work of God,
  the Creator of all.
  Ecclesiastes 11:5Godunderstanding
• Banish grief from your heart
  and ignore the sufferings of your body,
  for youth and the prime of life are fleeting.
  Ecclesiastes 11:10sadnessworryingheart
• Remember your Creator in the days of your youth
  before the bad times come
  and the years draw near when you will say,
  “I take no pleasure in them”.
  Ecclesiastes 12:1creationlifejoy
• This is the end of my teaching.
  All has been heard.
  Fear God and keep his commandments,
  for that is the responsibility of everyone.
  Ecclesiastes 12:13awelawlife
• For much wisdom can result in much sorrow,
  and those who increase their knowledge also increase their grief.
  Ecclesiastes 1:18wisdomsadnessmind