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Ecclesiastes

1. 1:4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
2. 1:5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
3. 1:6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
4. 1:9 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.
5. 1:13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
6. 1:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
7. 1:15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
8. 1:16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
9. 1:17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
10. 1:18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
11. 2:1 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
12. 2:2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
13. 2:3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
14. 2:5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
15. 2:7 I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
16. 2:8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
17. 2:9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
18. 2:10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
19. 2:11 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.
20. 2:12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
21. 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.
22. 2:15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
23. 2:16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
24. 2:17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
25. 2:19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
26. 2:21 For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
27. 2:22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
28. 2:23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
29. 2:24 There 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.
30. 2:26 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
31. 3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
32. 3:2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
33. 3:3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
34. 3:4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
35. 3:5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
36. 3:6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
37. 3:7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
38. 3:8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
39. 3:12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
40. 3:13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
41. 3:14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
42. 3:15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
43. 3:16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
44. 3:17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
45. 3:18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
46. 3:20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
47. 3:21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
48. 4:1 So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
49. 4:4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
50. 4:5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.