Ecclesiastes Flashcards
Recite Ecclesiastes 7:14
“When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, a man cannot discover anything about his future…”
“In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him…” (ESV)
Fill in the blank - Ecclesiastes 2:10
“I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure. My heart took delight in all my work, and this was the _______ for all my labor…”
a) fruit
b) grace of God
c) reward
d) prize
C) reward
What is the teacher’s thought towards the fate of the wise and the fate of the fool?
a) The death of the wise is far more glorious than the death of the fool.
b) The death of the fool is far more glorious than the death of the wise.
c) The death of the wise is more pitiful than the death of the fool.
d) Like the fool, the wise man too must die.
D) Like the fool, the wise man too must die
Ecclesiastes 2:16
“For of the wise as of the fool there is no enduring remembrance, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. How the wise dies just like the fool!”
Ecclesiastes 3 repeatedly brings out the phrase, “I know.”
Which of the following is NOT one of the truths that he knew?
a) There is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live.
b) Everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil, which is the gift of God.
c) Everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.
d) God gave man a heart that pursues the meaningless work.
D)
“I perceived…” (Ecclesiastes 3:12-14)
Which chapter in the book of Ecclesiastes has this verse?
“Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, ‘I find no pleasure in them…’”
a) Ecclesiastes 9
b) Ecclesiastes 10
c) Ecclesiastes 11
d) Ecclesiastes 12
D) Ecclesiastes 12:1
“Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them” (ESV)
Which chapter in the book of Ecclesiastes has this verse?
“A time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot…”
a) Ecclesiastes 2
b) Ecclesiastes 3
c) Ecclesiastes 4
d) Ecclesiastes 5
B) Ecclesiastes 3
(v. 2)
“A Time for Everything”
Fill in the blank - Ecclesiastes 12:11
“The words of the wise are like _______, their collected sayings like firmly embedded _______ — given by one Shepherd…”
a) knives, spear
b) goads, rocks
c) spears, rocks
d) goads, nails
D) goad, nails
Keyword: shepherd
Fill in the blank - Ecclesiastes 5:2
“Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your _______ be few…”
a) judgments
b) curses
c) words
d) disciplines
C) words
“Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few…” (ESV)
Fill in the blank - Ecclesiastes 9:11
“I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the _______; but time and chance happen to them all…”
a) servant
b) worker
c) king
d) learned
D) learned
“To those with knowledge…” (ESV)
Fill in the blank - Ecclesiastes 11:4
“Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the _______ will not reap…”
a) sky
b) clouds
c) life
d) dream
B) clouds
Fill in the blank - Ecclesiastes 1:4
“Generations come and generations go, but the _______ remains forever…”
a) life
b) heavens
c) earth
d) God
C) earth
Which word is NOT one of the fill-ins?
“To the man who pleases him, God gives _______, _______, and _______; 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)
a) wisdom
b) knowledge
c) treasure
d) happiness
C) treasure
Which one is NOT part of Ecclesiastes 7:1-8?
a) It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting.
b) A good name is better than fine perfume.
c) The day of birth is better than the day of death.
d) The end of a matter is better than its beginning
C) The day of birth is better than the day of death.
Ecclesiastes 7 “The Contrast of Wisdom and Folly”
Fill in the blank - Ecclesiastes 9:11
“I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and _______ happen to them all…”
a) chance
b) fate
c) blessing
d) opportunity
A) chance
What does the very last verse of Ecclesiastes talk about?
a) wisdom
b) knowledge
c) judgment
d) vanity of life
C) judgement
Ecclesiastes 12:14
“For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil…”
