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Ecclesiastes

1. 1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2. 1:2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
3. 1:3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
4. 1:8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
5. 1:10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
6. 1:11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
7. 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.
8. 1:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 2:2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
12. 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.
13. 2:5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
14. 2:6 I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
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. 2:10 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.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. 2:20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
22. 2:22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
23. 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.
24. 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.
25. 3:8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
26. 3:10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
27. 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.
28. 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.
29. 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.
30. 3:19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
31. 3:20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
32. 3:21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
33. 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.
34. 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.
35. 4:6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
36. 4:8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
37. 4:14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
38. 4:16 There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
39. 5:1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
40. 5:3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
41. 5:6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
42. 5:7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
43. 5:8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
44. 5:9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
45. 5:11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
46. 5:12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
47. 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.
48. 5:18 Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
49. 5:19 Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
50. 5:20 For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.