Ecclesiastes
Chapter 1
1: The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2: Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
3: What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
4: One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
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Chapter 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.
2: I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
3: I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and tolay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of me ......More in This Ecclesiastes Book
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Chapter 3
1: To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which isplanted;
3: A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
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Chapter 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; andon the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
2: Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
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Chapter 5
1: Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they doevil.
2: Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: forGod is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
3: For a dream cometh through the ......More in This Ecclesiastes Book
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Chapter 6
1: There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
2: A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soulof all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
3: If a man beget an hundred children, an ......More in This Ecclesiastes Book
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Chapter 7
1: A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
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 will lay it to his heart.
3: Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
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Chapter 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 boldness of his face shall bechanged.
2: I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
3: Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
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Chapter 9
1: For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no manknoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
2: All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth no ......More in This Ecclesiastes Book
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Chapter 10
1: Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
2: A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
3: Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
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