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Ecclesiastes

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
9. 3:12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 3:22 Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. 5:7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
17. 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.
18. 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?
19. 5:13 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
20. 5:14 But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
21. 6:1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
22. 6:11 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
23. 7:11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
24. 7:15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
25. 7:20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
26. 8:4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
27. 8:6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
28. 8:8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
29. 8:9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
30. 8:14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
31. 8:16 When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
32. 9:2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
33. 9:3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
34. 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.
35. 9:10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
36. 9:14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
37. 9:15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
38. 10:5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
39. 11:3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
40. 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.