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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. 1:4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
5. 1:5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
6. 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.
7. 1:7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 1:12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
11. 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.
12. 1:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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. 2:6 I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. 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.
22. 2:18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
23. 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.
24. 2:20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
25. 2:22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
26. 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.
27. 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.
28. 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.
29. 3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
30. 3:10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
31. 3:11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
32. 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.
33. 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.
34. 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.
35. 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.
36. 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.
37. 3:20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
38. 3:21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
39. 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.
40. 4:2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
41. 4:3 Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
42. 4:5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
43. 4:6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
44. 4:7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
45. 4:10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
46. 4:15 I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
47. 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.
48. 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.
49. 5:3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
50. 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?