Do not pay attention to every word people say, for you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others. – Ecclesiastes 7:21
I found one upright man among a thousand, but not one upright woman among them all. There is no one on earth who is righteous, no one who does what is right and never sins. – Ecclesiastes 7:20, Romans 3:28, 23
The righteous man perishes in his righteousness. The wicked man lives long in his wickedness. Do not be holier-than-thou, neither be a know-it-all — why destroy yourself? Whoever fears God will avoid all extremes. – Ecclesiastes 7:15-16, 18
God created mankind upright, but men have gone in search of many schemes. – Ecclesiastes 7:29
The woman who is a snare. Heart is a trap. Her hands are chains. The man who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner she will ensnare. – Ecclesiastes 7:26
The day of death better than the day of birth, for death is the destiny of everyone; the living should take this to heart. – Ecclesiastes 7:1-2
Sorrow is better than laughter, because a sad face is good for the heart. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure. – Ecclesiastes 7:3-4
The end is better than the beginning. Patience is better than pride. – Ecclesiastes 7:8
Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is not wise to ask such questions. – Ecclesiastes 7:10
When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider this: no one can discover anything about their future. – Ecclesiastes 7:14
Wisdom is a shelter. Money is a shelter. Wisdom preserves those who have both. – Ecclesiastes 7:12
No one remembers the former generations, and even those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow them. – Ecclesiastes 1:11
All a man’s days are grief and pain; even at night his mind does not rest. – Ecclesiastes 2:23
To the one who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. – Ecclesiastes 2:26
God has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no man can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. – Ecclesiastes 3:11
I know that there is nothing better for a man than to be happy and to do good while he lives.That he may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil—-this is the gift of God. – Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
I saw something else under the sun: In the place of judgment—-wickedness was there. In the place of justice—-wickedness was there. – Ecclesiastes 3:16
Everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. – Ecclesiastes 3:14
Men are like the animals. Surely the fate of man is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both – return to dust. – Ecclesiastes 3:18-19
I saw that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. – Ecclesiastes 3:22
If we obey God, it is going to cost other people more than it costs us, but God will care for those who have suffered the consequences of our obedience. – Oswald Chambers
