Ecclesiastes: The Quiz

Answer: sorrow

Ecclesiastes 1:18 "For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow."

If we look back to Genesis when Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of Knowledge they immediately knew sorrow, and they also had gained knowledge of good and evil.

Answer: darkness

Ecclesiastes 2:14 "The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all."

The word "fool" appears in the Ecclesiastes in at least twenty different verses.

Answer: mourn dance

Ecclesiastes 3:4 "A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance."

The Byrds had a hit with a song based on this and other verses in Chapter 3. It was called "Turn! Turn! Turn!".

Answer: No

Ecclesiastes 5:15 "As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand."

Answer: 0

Ecclesiastes 7:20 "For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not."

For those of you who thought it should be 1 (and that 1 being Jesus) remember it said "According to Solomon" and Solomon being in the Old Testament would not have included Jesus in that count.

Answer: evil

Ecclesiastes 8:5 "Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment."

Unfortunately we are all sinners so none of us has kept the commandment perfectly without flaw.

Answer: a living dog

Ecclesiastes 9:4 "For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion."

This is a good verse for why people should not commit suicide. If you are alive there is hope, but if you end your life, you end all hope.

Answer: serpent

Ecclesiastes 10:8 "He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him."

A serpent has always been used in the Bible to represent evil. Again, if we recall back to Genesis, the Devil appears as a serpent to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.

Answer: Fear God and keep His commandments

Ecclesiastes 12:13 "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man."

Some people think this verse implies God is not nice, however, the word respect comes from the same word as fear in Latin. Vereor: to respect, fear, be in dread of, to be afraid. (taken from http://www.math.ubc.ca/~cass/frivs/latin/latin-dict-full.html#V).

Answer: evil

Ecclesiastes 12:14 "For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil."

Thank you for taking my quiz. The next quiz will be based on Song of Solomon (also known as Song of Songs).