Will — Симфония — New Living Translation

We don’t remember what happened in the past, and in future generations, no one will remember what we are doing now.

Both will die. So I said to myself, “Since I will end up the same as the fool, what’s the value of all my wisdom? This is all so meaningless!”

Eccl 2:16

For the wise and the foolish both die. The wise will not be remembered any longer than the fool. In the days to come, both will be forgotten.

Eccl 2:19

And who can tell whether my successors will be wise or foolish? Yet they will control everything I have gained by my skill and hard work under the sun. How meaningless!

Eccl 3:15

What is happening now has happened before, and what will happen in the future has happened before, because God makes the same things happen over and over again.

Eccl 3:17

I said to myself, “In due season God will judge everyone, both good and bad, for all their deeds.”

Eccl 5:10

Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness!

Eccl 6:12

In the few days of our meaningless lives, who knows how our days can best be spent? Our lives are like a shadow. Who can tell what will happen on this earth after we are gone?

Eccl 7:18

Pay attention to these instructions, for anyone who fears God will avoid both extremes.

Eccl 7:26

I discovered that a seductive woman is a trap more bitter than death. Her passion is a snare, and her soft hands are chains. Those who are pleasing to God will escape her, but sinners will be caught in her snare.

Eccl 8:5

Those who obey him will not be punished. Those who are wise will find a time and a way to do what is right,

Eccl 8:8

None of us can hold back our spirit from departing. None of us has the power to prevent the day of our death. There is no escaping that obligation, that dark battle. And in the face of death, wickedness will certainly not rescue the wicked.

Eccl 8:12

But even though a person sins a hundred times and still lives a long time, I know that those who fear God will be better off.

Eccl 8:13

The wicked will not prosper, for they do not fear God. Their days will never grow long like the evening shadows.

Eccl 8:15

So I recommend having fun, because there is nothing better for people in this world than to eat, drink, and enjoy life. That way they will experience some happiness along with all the hard work God gives them under the sun.

Eccl 9:1

1 This, too, I carefully explored: Even though the actions of godly and wise people are in God’s hands, no one knows whether God will show them favor.

Eccl 9:5

The living at least know they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, nor are they remembered.

Eccl 9:10

Whatever you do, do well. For when you go to the grave, there will be no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

Eccl 9:16

So even though wisdom is better than strength, those who are wise will be despised if they are poor. What they say will not be appreciated for long.

Eccl 10:13

Fools base their thoughts on foolish assumptions, so their conclusions will be wicked madness;

Eccl 11:1

1 Send your grain across the seas, and in time, profits will flow back to you.

Eccl 11:6

Plant your seed in the morning and keep busy all afternoon, for you don’t know if profit will come from one activity or another — or maybe both.

Eccl 11:8

When people live to be very old, let them rejoice in every day of life. But let them also remember there will be many dark days. Everything still to come is meaningless.

Eccl 12:4

Remember him before the door to life’s opportunities is closed and the sound of work fades. Now you rise at the first chirping of the birds, but then all their sounds will grow faint.

Eccl 12:5

Remember him before you become fearful of falling and worry about danger in the streets; before your hair turns white like an almond tree in bloom, and you drag along without energy like a dying grasshopper, and the caperberry no longer inspires sexual desire. Remember him before you near the grave, your everlasting home, when the mourners will weep at your funeral.

Eccl 12:7

For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

Eccl 12:14

God will judge us for everything we do, including every secret thing, whether good or bad.

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