Berean Standard Bible

Ecclesiastes

12 chapters

Chapters

Ecclesiastes 1

These are the words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:

Ecclesiastes 2

I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.

Ecclesiastes 3

To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.

Ecclesiastes 5

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 6

There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:

Ecclesiastes 7

A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.

Ecclesiastes 8

Who is like the wise man? Who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.

Ecclesiastes 9

So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.

Ecclesiastes 10

As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

Ecclesiastes 11

Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.

Ecclesiastes 12

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”