Better in Ecclesiastes
21 verses in Ecclesiastes.
Ecclesiastes 2:24There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
Ecclesiastes 3:22Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Ecclesiastes 4:3Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 4:6Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 4:9Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Ecclesiastes 4:13Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
Ecclesiastes 5:5Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Ecclesiastes 6:3If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
Ecclesiastes 6:9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 6:11Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
Ecclesiastes 7:1A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
Ecclesiastes 7:2It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Ecclesiastes 7:3Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Ecclesiastes 7:5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:8Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Ecclesiastes 7:10Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
Ecclesiastes 8:15Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:4For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Ecclesiastes 9:16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Ecclesiastes 9:18Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
Ecclesiastes 10:11Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.