Ecclesiastes Quiz
Test how well you know the Book of Ecclesiastes, from Vanity of vanities in chapter 1 to the conclusion of the whole matter in chapter 12. Each question is answered directly from the text, and the King James verse is shown with every answer. Complete the quiz to unlock a free 7-day prayer guide!
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- How does the book describe its speaker?
- The Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem
- A shepherd of Tekoa
- A prophet in Babylon
- A priest of the temple
- What does the Preacher say in Ecclesiastes 1:2?
- All is well
- All is vanity
- All is lost
- All is new
- What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh where?
- In the city
- In the fields
- In the temple
- Under the sun
- What does the Preacher say there is no new thing under?
- The stars
- The sun
- The sea
- The mountains
- Which of these did the Preacher say he made for himself?
- A great fleet of ships
- Houses, vineyards, gardens and orchards
- A tower to reach heaven
- A golden calf
- When he looked on all his works, what did he find?
- He wanted to build more
- He had finally found meaning
- All was perfect
- All was vanity and vexation of spirit
- How far does wisdom excel folly?
- As far as the east is from the west
- Not at all
- As far as light excelleth darkness
- As far as heaven is from earth
- To every thing there is a what?
- Reason
- Season
- Price
- Reward
- When does the Preacher tell us to remember our Creator?
- Only in old age
- Only in times of trouble
- In the days of thy youth
- On the sabbath day only
- What is the whole duty of man?
- Gain great wisdom
- Eat, drink and be merry
- Build great works
- Fear God, and keep his commandments
Ecclesiastes Quiz Answers & Bible References
Every answer below, with the King James Bible verse it comes from — so you can look up each one for yourself.
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How does the book describe its speaker?
The Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
ecclesiastes 1:1 (KJV) -
What does the Preacher say in Ecclesiastes 1:2?
All is vanity
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
ecclesiastes 1:2 (KJV) -
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh where?
Under the sun
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
ecclesiastes 1:3 (KJV) -
What does the Preacher say there is no new thing under?
The sun
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
ecclesiastes 1:9 (KJV) -
Which of these did the Preacher say he made for himself?
Houses, vineyards, gardens and orchards
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
ecclesiastes 2:4-5 (KJV) -
When he looked on all his works, what did he find?
All was vanity and vexation of spirit
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
ecclesiastes 2:11 (KJV) -
How far does wisdom excel folly?
As far as light excelleth darkness
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
ecclesiastes 2:13 (KJV) -
To every thing there is a what?
Season
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
ecclesiastes 3:1 (KJV) -
When does the Preacher tell us to remember our Creator?
In the days of thy youth
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
ecclesiastes 12:1 (KJV) -
What is the whole duty of man?
Fear God, and keep his commandments
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
ecclesiastes 12:13 (KJV)