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Ecclesiastes

1. 1:5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
2. 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.
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. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 2:6 I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 2:20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. 3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
19. 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;
20. 3:3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
21. 3:4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
22. 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;
23. 3:6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
24. 3:7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
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. 3:11 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.
28. 3:12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
29. 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.
30. 3:15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
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. 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?
34. 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.
35. 4:14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
36. 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.
37. 5:2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
38. 5:4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
39. 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?
40. 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?
41. 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.
42. 5:13 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
43. 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.
44. 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.
45. 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.
46. 6:2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
47. 6:6 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
48. 6:8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
49. 7:2 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
50. 7:5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.