Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 1   Ecclesiastes 1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Ecclesiastes 1:2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity. Ecclesiastes 1:3 What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun? Ecclesiastes 1:4 One generation goeth, and another generation […]

Ecclesiastes 2   Ecclesiastes 2:1 I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity. Ecclesiastes 2:2 I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it? Ecclesiastes 2:3 I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with

Ecclesiastes 3   Ecclesiastes 3:1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: Ecclesiastes 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; Ecclesiastes 3:3 a time to kill, and a time to

Ecclesiastes 4   Ecclesiastes 4:1 Then I returned and saw 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. Ecclesiastes 4:2 Wherefore I praised the dead

Ecclesiastes 5   Ecclesiastes 5:1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil. Ecclesiastes 5:2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to

Ecclesiastes 6   Ecclesiastes 6:1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men: Ecclesiastes 6:2 a man to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacketh nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat

Ecclesiastes 7   Ecclesiastes 7:1 A [good] name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one’s birth. Ecclesiastes 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

Ecclesiastes 8   Ecclesiastes 8:1 Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed. Ecclesiastes 8:2 I [counsel thee], Keep the king’s command, and that in regard of the oath of God. Ecclesiastes 8:3

Ecclesiastes 9   Ecclesiastes 9:1 For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them. Ecclesiastes 9:2 All things come alike to all:

Ecclesiastes 10   Ecclesiastes 10:1 Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; [so] doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor. Ecclesiastes 10:2 A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left. Ecclesiastes 10:3 Yea also, when the fool walketh by