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17 verses in Ecclesiastes Show all

Ecclesiastes

1. 1:3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
2. 2:2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
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. 2:12 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.
5. 2:22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
6. 3:9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
7. 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?
8. 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?
9. 5:16 And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
10. 6:8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
11. 6:11 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
12. 6:12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
13. 7:10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
14. 8:4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
15. 10:14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
16. 11:2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
17. 11:5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.