Eccl. > Chapter 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 1I SAID in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.2I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?3I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay...

Eccl. > Chapter 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 1TO every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:2A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;3A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;4A time to weep, and a time to laugh;...

Eccl. > Chapter 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1SO 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.2Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet...

Eccl. > Chapter 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1KEEP 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.2Be 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...

Eccl. > Chapter 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1THERE is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:2A 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.3If a man beget an hundred...

Eccl. > Chapter 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 1A GOOD name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.2It 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.3Sorrow is better than...

Eccl. > Chapter 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1WHO 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.2I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.3Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he...

Eccl. > Chapter 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1FOR 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.2All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the...

Eccl. > Chapter 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1DEAD 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.2A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.3Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and...

Eccl. > Chapter 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1CAST thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.2Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.3If 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...