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17 verses in Ecclesiastes Show all

Ecclesiastes

1. 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.
2. 1:12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
3. 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.
4. 2:9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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?
12. 7:23 All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
13. 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:
14. 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.
15. 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
16. 12:9 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
17. 12:10 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.