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| 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 a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? |
| Ecclesiastes 1:4 | One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. |
| Ecclesiastes 1:5 | The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. |
| Ecclesiastes 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. |
| Ecclesiastes 1:7 | All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. |
| Ecclesiastes 1:8 | All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. |
| Ecclesiastes 1:9 | The 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. |
| Ecclesiastes 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. |
| Ecclesiastes 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. |
| Ecclesiastes 1:12 | I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. |
| Ecclesiastes 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. |
| Ecclesiastes 1:14 | I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. |
| Ecclesiastes 1:15 | That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. |
| Ecclesiastes 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. |
| Ecclesiastes 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. |
| Ecclesiastes 1:18 | For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. |
| Ecclesiastes 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. |
| Ecclesiastes 2:2 | I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? |
| Ecclesiastes 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. |
| Ecclesiastes 2:4 | I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: |
| Ecclesiastes 2:5 | I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: |
| Ecclesiastes 2:6 | I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees: |
| Ecclesiastes 2:7 | I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me: |
| Ecclesiastes 2:8 | I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts. |
| Ecclesiastes 2:9 | So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. |
| Ecclesiastes 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. |
| Ecclesiastes 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. |
| Ecclesiastes 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. |
| Ecclesiastes 2:13 | Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. |
| Ecclesiastes 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. |
| Ecclesiastes 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. |
| Ecclesiastes 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. |
| Ecclesiastes 2:17 | Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. |
| Ecclesiastes 2:18 | Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. |
| Ecclesiastes 2:19 | And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity. |
| Ecclesiastes 2:20 | Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. |