Answering these 66 questions will allow you to become more familiar
with the text of Ecclesiastes.
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1. Whose son does the author of Ecclesiastes claim to be? 1:1
2. What word is often repeated in 1:2?
3. According to 1:9, what is seen as new “under the sun?”
4. Over what nation…and in what city…was the author king over? 1:12
5. What one thing did Solomon wish to know above all else? 1:13
6. According to I Kings 3:12, what gift did God give Solomon?
7. What fits well with wisdom and understanding? 1:18
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8. From 2:4-8, list ten things, or persons, Solomon possessed:
9. What word does Solomon use to describe himself in 2:9?
10. In what does the fool walk? 2:14
11. According to 2:16, what is the difference between the death of a wise man
and the death of a fool?
12. What did Solomon eventually hate? 2:17-18
13. What does Solomon say concerning the days of a man’s life in 2:23?
14. According to 2:26, what does God give the man who is good?
15. According to 2:26, what does God give to the sinner?
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16. From the list in 3:2-8, list all the things Solomon said that “there is a time for.”
17. In the first part of 3:14, what does Solomon say about the works of God?
18. According to 3:17, who will God judge?
19. According to 3:19, what is the difference between the death of an animal
and a human being?
20. What do both men and animals return to? 3:20
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21. What does Solomon say about people that cry in 4:1?
What did they not have?
22. According to Revelation 21:4, what will God do?
23. According to 4:9, why are two better than one?
24. According to 4:12, what is not quickly broken?
25. What is better than an old, foolish king? 4:13
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26. Paraphrase all that Solomon says about the mouth in 5:2:
27. How can you tell when a fool is speaking? 5:3
28. What is said concerning vows in 5:4?
29. What are the last few words in 5:7?
30. In 5:10, what object is mentioned as something that cannot satisfy?
31. According to 5:12, what is sweet?
32. What does a man get to take to his grave with him? 5:15
33. Because it is a gift from God, what should I rejoice in? 5:19
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34. What is compared to a shadow in 6:12?
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35. What is better than precious ointment? 7:1
36. What is better than the day of your birth? 7:1
37. According to 7:2, where is it better to go than to the house of feasting?
38. What is better than laughter? 7:3
39. What is better to hear than the song of fools? 7:5
40. What is compared to the crackling of thorns in a fire in 7:6?
41. What is better than the proud in spirit? 7:8
42. What rests in the chest of a fool? 7:9
43. How should we act in the day of prosperity? 7:14
44. In 7:26, what is more bitter than death?
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45. According to 8:5, who will not feel evil things?
46. According to 8:5, what will a wise man’s heart discern?
47. According to 8:12, who will it “ be well with? ”
48. According to 8:13, who will it ” not be well with? ”
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49. What is in the hand of God? 9:1
50. According to 9:4, what is better than a dead lion?
51. What do the living know? 9:5
52. Who is a man to live joyfully with? 9:9
53. What is better than strength? 9:16
54. According to 9:18, what is wisdom better than?
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55. According to 10:8, what will happen to the man who digs a pit?
56. According to 10:12, what is gracious?
57. What is a fool full of? 10:14
58. What will destroy and decay a house? 10:18
59. Who are we not to curse…even in our thoughts? 10:20
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60. What are we to cast upon the waters? 11:1
61. At what time in your life is it best to rejoice? 11:9
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62. At what time in your life is it best to remember your Creator? 12:1
63. Where will your spirit one day return? 12:7
64. Which verse in chapter 12 is almost identical to Ecclesiastes 1:2?
65. According to 12:12, what is said about “much study?”
66. Summarize, in your words, Solomon’s “ conclusion of the whole matter ” from 12:13.