Ecclesiastes

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• Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

  1:2 (KJV)In context

  • Life & Death
  • Philosophy

• One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
  The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.

  1:4–5 (KJV)In context

  • Life & Death
  • Nature
  • Time

• 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.

  1:9 (KJV)In context

  • History
  • Time

• For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

  1:18 (KJV)In context

  • Knowledge
  • Wisdom

• To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven

  3:1 (KJV)In context

  • Change
  • Time

• He hath made every thing beautiful in his time

  3:11 (KJV)In context

  • Beauty
  • God
  • Time

• All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

  3:20 (KJV)In context

  • Life & Death

• 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.

  5:2 (KJV)In context

  • God
  • Talking

• 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.

  5:12 (KJV)In context

  • Money
  • Sleep
  • Work

• Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

  7:9 (KJV)In context

  • Anger

• 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.

  9:10 (KJV)In context

  • Motivation & Goals
  • Work

• 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.

  9:11 (KJV)In context

  • Luck
  • Success

• Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

  11:1 (KJV)In context

  • Charity

• 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

  12:1 (KJV)In context

  • Age
  • God
  • Youth

• Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

  12:7 (KJV)In context

  • God
  • Life & Death

• Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

  12:13 (KJV)In context

  • God
  • Morality

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