Ecclesiastes 1
About Ecclesiastes Ecclesiastes reflects on the meaning of life under the sun and ends with: fear God and keep his commands.
1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.SelectedEcclesiastes 1:1Ask
2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.SelectedEcclesiastes 1:2Ask
3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?SelectedEcclesiastes 1:3Ask
4One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.SelectedEcclesiastes 1:4Ask
5The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.SelectedEcclesiastes 1:5Ask
6The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.SelectedEcclesiastes 1:6Ask
7All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.SelectedEcclesiastes 1:7Ask
8All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.SelectedEcclesiastes 1:8Ask
9The 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.SelectedEcclesiastes 1:9Ask
10Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.SelectedEcclesiastes 1:10Ask
11There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.SelectedEcclesiastes 1:11Ask
12I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.SelectedEcclesiastes 1:12Ask
13And 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.SelectedEcclesiastes 1:13Ask
14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.SelectedEcclesiastes 1:14Ask
15That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.SelectedEcclesiastes 1:15Ask
16I 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.SelectedEcclesiastes 1:16Ask
17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.SelectedEcclesiastes 1:17Ask
18For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.SelectedEcclesiastes 1:18Ask
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