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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 shewed 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.
ECCLESIASTES 2:21 For there is a man whose labour {is} in wisdom,
and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not
laboured therein shall he leave it {for} his portion. This also
{is} vanity and a great evil.
ECCLESIASTES 2:22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the
vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
ECCLESIASTES 2:23 For all his days {are} sorrows, and his travail
grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also
vanity.
ECCLESIASTES 2:24 {There is} nothing better for a man, {than}
that he should eat and drink, and {that} he should make his soul
enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it {was} from the
hand of God.
ECCLESIASTES 2:25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten
{hereunto}, more than I?
ECCLESIASTES 2:26 For {God} giveth to a man that {is} good in his
sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth
travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to {him that
is} good before God. This also {is} vanity and vexation of
spirit.
ECCLESIASTES 3:1 To every {thing there is} a season, and a time
to every purpose under the 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 heal; a time to
break down, and a time to build up;
ECCLESIASTES 3:4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to
mourn, and a time to dance;
ECCLESIASTES 3:5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather
stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from
embracing;
ECCLESIASTES 3:6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to
keep, and a time to cast away;
ECCLESIASTES 3:7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to
keep silence, and a time to speak;
ECCLESIASTES 3:8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of
war, and a time of peace.
ECCLESIASTES 3:9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein
he laboureth?
ECCLESIASTES 3:10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given
to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
ECCLESIASTES 3:11 He hath made every {thing} beautiful in his
time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man
can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the
end.
ECCLESIASTES 3:12 I know that {there is} no good in them, but for
{a man} to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
ECCLESIASTES 3:13 And also that every man should eat and drink,
and enjoy the good of all his labour, {it} is the gift of God.
ECCLESIASTES 3:14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be
for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it:
and God doeth {it}, that {men} should fear before him.
ECCLESIASTES 3:15 That which hath been is now; and that which is
to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
ECCLESIASTES 3:16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of
judgment, {that} wickedness {was} there; and the place of
righteousness, {that} iniquity {was} there.
ECCLESIASTES 3:17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the
righteous and the wicked: for {there is} a time there for every
purpose and for every work.
ECCLESIASTES 3:18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of
the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they
might see that they themselves are beasts.
ECCLESIASTES 3:19 For that which befalleth the sons of men
befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one
dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that
a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all {is} vanity.
ECCLESIASTES 3:20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and
all turn to dust again.
ECCLESIASTES 3:21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth
upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the
earth?
ECCLESIASTES 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?
ECCLESIASTES 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; and on the
side of their oppressors {there was} power; but they had no
comforter.
ECCLESIASTES 4:2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already
dead more than the living which are yet alive.
ECCLESIASTES 4:3 Yea, better {is he} than both they, which hath
not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under
the sun.
ECCLESIASTES 4:4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right
work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This {is}
also vanity and vexation of spirit.
ECCLESIASTES 4:5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth
his own flesh.
ECCLESIASTES 4:6 Better {is} an handful {with} quietness, than
both the hands full {with} travail and vexation of spirit.
ECCLESIASTES 4:7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
ECCLESIASTES 4:8 There is one {alone}, and {there is} not a
second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet {is there} no
end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches;
neither {saith he}, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of
good? This {is} also vanity, yea, it {is} a sore travail.
ECCLESIASTES 4:9 Two {are} better than one; because they have a
good reward for their labour.
ECCLESIASTES 4:10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his
fellow: but woe to him {that is} alone when he falleth; for {he
hath} not another to help him up.
ECCLESIASTES 4:11 Again, if two lie together, then they have
heat: but how can one be warm {alone}?
ECCLESIASTES 4:12 And if one prevail against him, two shall
withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
ECCLESIASTES 4:13 Better {is} a poor and a wise child than an old
and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
ECCLESIASTES 4:14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas
also {he that is} born in his kingdom becometh poor.
ECCLESIASTES 4:15 I considered all the living which walk under
the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
ECCLESIASTES 4:16 {There is} no end of all the people, {even} of
all that have been before them: they also that come after shall
not rejoice in him. Surely this also {is} vanity and vexation of
spirit.
ECCLESIASTES 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 do evil.
ECCLESIASTES 5:2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine
heart be hasty to utter {any} thing before God: for God {is} in
heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
ECCLESIASTES 5:3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of
business; and a fool's voice {is known} by multitude of words.
ECCLESIASTES 5:4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to
pay it; for {he hath} no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou
hast vowed.
ECCLESIASTES 5:5 Better {is it} that thou shouldest not vow, than
that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
ECCLESIASTES 5:6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin;
neither say thou before the angel, that it {was} an error:
wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work
of thine hands?
ECCLESIASTES 5:7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words
{there are} also {divers} vanities: but fear thou God.
ECCLESIASTES 5:8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and
violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel
not at the matter: for {he that is} higher than the highest
regardeth; and {there be} higher than they.
ECCLESIASTES 5:9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the
king {himself} is served by the field.
ECCLESIASTES 5:10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied
with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this
{is} also vanity.
ECCLESIASTES 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?
ECCLESIASTES 5:12 The sleep of a labouring man {is} sweet,
whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will
not suffer him to sleep.
ECCLESIASTES 5:13 There is a sore evil {which} I have seen under
the sun, {namely}, riches kept for the owners thereof to their
hurt.
ECCLESIASTES 5:14 But those riches {perish} by evil travail: and
he begetteth a son, and {there is} nothing in his hand.
ECCLESIASTES 5:15 As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked
shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his
labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
ECCLESIASTES 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?
ECCLESIASTES 5:17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and
{he hath} much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
ECCLESIASTES 5:18 Behold {that} which I have seen: {it is} good
and comely {for one} to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good
of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of
his life, which God giveth him: for it {is} his portion.
ECCLESIASTES 5:19 Every man also to whom God hath given riches
and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take
his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this {is} the gift of
God.
ECCLESIASTES 5:20 For he shall not much remember the days of his
life; because God answereth {him} in the joy of his heart.
ECCLESIASTES 6:1 There is an evil which I have seen under the
sun, and it {is} common among men:
ECCLESIASTES 6:2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and
honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of 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.
ECCLESIASTES 6:3 If a man beget an hundred {children}, and live
many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul
be not filled with good, and also {that} he have no burial; I
say, {that} an untimely birth {is} better than he.
ECCLESIASTES 6:4 For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in
darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
ECCLESIASTES 6:5 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known
{any thing}: this hath more rest than the other.
ECCLESIASTES 6:6 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice
{told}, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
ECCLESIASTES 6:7 All the labour of man {is} for his mouth, and
yet the appetite is not filled.
ECCLESIASTES 6:8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what
hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
ECCLESIASTES 6:9 Better {is} the sight of the eyes than the
wandering of the desire: this {is} also vanity and vexation of
spirit.
ECCLESIASTES 6:10 That which hath been is named already, and it
is known that it {is} man: neither may he contend with him that
is mightier than he.
ECCLESIASTES 6:11 Seeing there be many things that increase
vanity, what {is} man the better?
ECCLESIASTES 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?
ECCLESIASTES 7:1 A good name {is} better than precious ointment;
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 will lay {it} to his heart.
ECCLESIASTES 7:3 Sorrow {is} better than laughter: for by the
sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
ECCLESIASTES 7:4 The heart of the wise {is} in the house of
mourning; but the heart of fools {is} in the house of mirth.
ECCLESIASTES 7:5 {It is} better to hear the rebuke of the wise,
than for a man to hear the song of fools.
ECCLESIASTES 7:6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so
{is} the laughter of the fool: this also {is} vanity.
ECCLESIASTES 7:7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a
gift destroyeth the heart.
ECCLESIASTES 7:8 Better {is} the end of a thing than the
beginning thereof: {and} the patient in spirit {is} better than
the proud in spirit.
ECCLESIASTES 7:9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for
anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
ECCLESIASTES 7:10 Say not thou, What is {the cause} that the
former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire
wisely concerning this.
ECCLESIASTES 7:11 Wisdom {is} good with an inheritance: and {by
it there is} profit to them that see the sun.
ECCLESIASTES 7:12 For wisdom {is} a defence, {and} money {is} a
defence: but the excellency of knowledge {is, that} wisdom giveth
life to them that have it.
ECCLESIASTES 7:13 Consider the work of God: for who can make
{that} straight, which he hath made crooked?
ECCLESIASTES 7:14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the
day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against
the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
ECCLESIASTES 7:15 All {things} have I seen in the days of my
vanity: there is a just {man} that perisheth in his
righteousness, and there is a wicked {man} that prolongeth {his
life} in his wickedness.
ECCLESIASTES 7:16 Be not righteous over much; neither make
thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
ECCLESIASTES 7:17 Be not over much wicked, neither be thou
foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
ECCLESIASTES 7:18 {It is} good that thou shouldest take hold of
this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that
feareth God shall come forth of them all.
ECCLESIASTES 7:19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten
mighty {men} which are in the city.
ECCLESIASTES 7:20 For {there is} not a just man upon earth, that
doeth good, and sinneth not.
ECCLESIASTES 7:21 Also take no heed unto all words that are
spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
ECCLESIASTES 7:22 For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth
that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
ECCLESIASTES 7:23 All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I
will be wise; but it {was} far from me.
ECCLESIASTES 7:24 That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who
can find it out?
ECCLESIASTES 7:25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search,
and to seek out wisdom, and the reason {of things}, and to know
the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness {and} madness:
ECCLESIASTES 7:26 And I find more bitter than death the woman,
whose heart {is} snares and nets, {and} her hands {as} bands:
whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be
taken by her.
ECCLESIASTES 7:27 Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher,
{counting} one by one, to find out the account:
ECCLESIASTES 7:28 Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one
man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those
have I not found.
ECCLESIASTES 7:29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made
man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
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 boldness of his face shall be changed.
ECCLESIASTES 8:2 I {counsel thee} to keep the king's commandment,
and {that} in regard of the oath of God.
ECCLESIASTES 8:3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not
in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
ECCLESIASTES 8:4 Where the word of a king {is, there is} power:
and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
ECCLESIASTES 8:5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil
thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.
ECCLESIASTES 8:6 Because to every purpose there is time and
judgment, therefore the misery of man {is} great upon him.
ECCLESIASTES 8:7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who
can tell him when it shall be?
ECCLESIASTES 8:8 {There is} no man that hath power over the
spirit to retain the spirit; neither {hath he} power in the day
of death: and {there is} no discharge in {that} war; neither
shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
ECCLESIASTES 8:9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto
every work that is done under the sun: {there is} a time wherein
one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
ECCLESIASTES 8:10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come
and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in
the city where they had so done: this {is} also vanity.
ECCLESIASTES 8:11 Because sentence against an evil work is not
executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is
fully set in them to do evil.
ECCLESIASTES 8:12 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and
his {days} be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well
with them that fear God, which fear before him:
ECCLESIASTES 8:13 But it shall not be well with the wicked,
neither shall he prolong {his} days, {which are} as a shadow;
because he feareth not before God.
ECCLESIASTES 8:14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth;
that there be just {men}, unto whom it happeneth according to the
work of the wicked; again, there be wicked {men}, to whom it
happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that
this also {is} vanity.
ECCLESIASTES 8:15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no
better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be
merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of
his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
ECCLESIASTES 8:16 When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and
to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also {there
is that} neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
ECCLESIASTES 8:17 Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man
cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because
though a man labour to seek {it} out, yet he shall not find {it};
yea further; though a wise {man} think to know {it}, yet shall he
not be able to find {it}.
ECCLESIASTES 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 man knoweth either love or
hatred {by} all {that is} before them.
ECCLESIASTES 9:2 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 not: as {is} the good, so {is} the sinner; {and}
he that sweareth, as {he} that feareth an oath.
ECCLESIASTES 9:3 This {is} an evil among all {things} that are
done under the sun, that {there is} one event unto all: yea, also
the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness {is} in
their heart while they live, and after that {they go} to the
dead.
ECCLESIASTES 9:4 For to him that is joined to all the living
there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
ECCLESIASTES 9:5 For the living know that they shall die: but the
dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for
the memory of them is forgotten.
ECCLESIASTES 9:6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their
envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for
ever in any {thing} that is done under the sun.
ECCLESIASTES 9:7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink
thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
ECCLESIASTES 9:8 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy
head lack no ointment.
ECCLESIASTES 9:9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all
the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee
under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that {is} thy
portion in {this} life, and in thy labour which thou takest under
the sun.
ECCLESIASTES 9:10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do {it} with
thy might; for {there is} no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor
wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
ECCLESIASTES 9:11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the
race {is} not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither
yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding,
nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to
them all.
ECCLESIASTES 9:12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the
fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are
caught in the snare; so {are} the sons of men snared in an evil
time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
ECCLESIASTES 9:13 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and
it {seemed} great unto me:
ECCLESIASTES 9:14 {There was} a little city, and few men within
it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and
built great bulwarks against it:
ECCLESIASTES 9:15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and
he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that
same poor man.
ECCLESIASTES 9:16 Then said I, Wisdom {is} better than strength:
nevertheless the poor man's wisdom {is} despised, and his words
are not heard.
ECCLESIASTES 9:17 The words of wise {men are} heard in quiet more
than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
ECCLESIASTES 9:18 Wisdom {is} better than weapons of war: but one
sinner destroyeth much good.
ECCLESIASTES 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.
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 he that is a fool walketh by the
way, his wisdom faileth {him}, and he saith to every one {that}
he {is} a fool.
ECCLESIASTES 10:4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against
thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
ECCLESIASTES 10:5 There is an evil {which} I have seen under the
sun, as an error {which} proceedeth from the ruler:
ECCLESIASTES 10:6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit
in low place.
ECCLESIASTES 10:7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes
walking as servants upon the earth.
ECCLESIASTES 10:8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and
whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
ECCLESIASTES 10:9 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith;
{and} he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
ECCLESIASTES 10:10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the
edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom {is}
profitable to direct.
ECCLESIASTES 10:11 Surely the serpent will bite without
enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
ECCLESIASTES 10:12 The words of a wise man's mouth {are}
gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
ECCLESIASTES 10:13 The beginning of the words of his mouth {is}
foolishness: and the end of his talk {is} mischievous madness.
ECCLESIASTES 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?
ECCLESIASTES 10:15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one
of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
ECCLESIASTES 10:16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king {is} a
child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
ECCLESIASTES 10:17 Blessed {art} thou, O land, when thy king {is}
the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for
strength, and not for drunkenness!
ECCLESIASTES 10:18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth;
and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
ECCLESIASTES 10:19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh
merry: but money answereth all {things}.
ECCLESIASTES 10:20 Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and
curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall
carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
ECCLESIASTES 11:1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt
find it after many days.
ECCLESIASTES 11:2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for
thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
ECCLESIASTES 11:3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty
{themselves} upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the
south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth,
there it shall be.
ECCLESIASTES 11:4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and
he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
ECCLESIASTES 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.
ECCLESIASTES 11:6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening
withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall
prosper, either this or that, or whether they both {shall be}
alike good.
ECCLESIASTES 11:7 Truly the light {is} sweet, and a pleasant
{thing it is} for the eyes to behold the sun:
ECCLESIASTES 11:8 But if a man live many years, {and} rejoice in
them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they
shall be many. All that cometh {is} vanity.
ECCLESIASTES 11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy
heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways
of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou,
that for all these {things} God will bring thee into judgment.
ECCLESIASTES 11:10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and
put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
ECCLESIASTES 12:1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy
youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh,
when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
ECCLESIASTES 12:2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or
the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
ECCLESIASTES 12:3 In the day when the keepers of the house shall
tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the
grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of
the windows be darkened,
ECCLESIASTES 12:4 And the doors shall be shut in the streets,
when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at
the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be
brought low;
ECCLESIASTES 12:5 Also {when} they shall be afraid of {that which
is} high, and fears {shall be} in the way, and the almond tree
shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire
shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners
go about the streets:
ECCLESIASTES 12:6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the
golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain,
or the wheel broken at the cistern.
ECCLESIASTES 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it
was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
ECCLESIASTES 12:8 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all
{is} vanity.
ECCLESIASTES 12:9 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he
still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and
sought out, {and} set in order many proverbs.
ECCLESIASTES 12:10 The preacher sought to find out acceptable
words: and {that which was} written {was} upright, {even} words
of truth.
ECCLESIASTES 12:11 The words of the wise {are} as goads, and as
nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, {which} are given
from one shepherd.
ECCLESIASTES 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished:
of making many books {there is} no end; and much study {is} a
weariness of the flesh.
ECCLESIASTES 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole
matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this {is} the
whole {duty} of man.
ECCLESIASTES 12:14 For God shall bring every work into judgment,
with every secret thing, whether {it be} good or whether {it be}
evil.