Most Popular Bible Verses in Ecclesiastes 1

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Verse ConceptsAnonymityUnknown FutureThe Pastremembrancepast

There is no remembrance of earlier things;
And also of the later things which will occur,
There will be for them no remembrance
Among those who will come later still.

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I, the Preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

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Verse ConceptsPhysical LabourToiling In VainUnder The SunQuestioning Life

What advantage does man have in all his work
Which he does under the sun?

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Verse ConceptsPhilosophyBoredomVanityDisgustUseless EndeavourTime Passing

Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher,
Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.”

15
Verse ConceptsNothingThings UnderNothing NewUnder The SunSunEverything Happening For A ReasonSunshinefitness

That which has been is that which will be,
And that which has been done is that which will be done.
So there is nothing new under the sun.

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Verse ConceptsThe SunOthers Going DownThings Going UpRising

Also, the sun rises and the sun sets;
And hastening to its place it rises there again.

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Verse ConceptsCompassesOut Of The NorthFacing SouthThe North Wind

Blowing toward the south,
Then turning toward the north,
The wind continues swirling along;
And on its circular courses the wind returns.

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Verse ConceptsDiscontentCuriosityBeing UnsatisfiedEvil EyesThe Faculty Of Hearing

All things are wearisome;
Man is not able to tell it.
The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor is the ear filled with hearing.

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Verse ConceptsGeologyVapourClimates, TypesIncompletenessRiversGoing Through the MotionsThe OceanThe Sea

All the rivers flow into the sea,
Yet the sea is not full.
To the place where the rivers flow,
There they flow again.

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Verse ConceptsInventionsNothing New

Is there anything of which one might say,
“See this, it is new”?
Already it has existed for ages
Which were before us.

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Verse ConceptsUnder The SunTragedyexploring

And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. It is a grievous task which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

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Verse ConceptsVanityPhysical LabourStraight ThingsUseless EndeavourFrustrationUnder The SunTime PassingSunexploringstrivingFutility Of Worldly Pursuits

I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and striving after wind.

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Verse ConceptsStudying InsanityUseless Endeavour

And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind.

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Verse ConceptsCrookednessUncountableTwisted WaysStraightening

What is crooked cannot be straightened and what is lacking cannot be counted.

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Verse ConceptsExperimental KnowledgeSoliloquy

I said to myself, “Behold, I have magnified and increased wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”

203

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

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Verse ConceptsEternal WorldPermanenceThe EarthChange And GrowthSeasons Changing

A generation goes and a generation comes,
But the earth remains forever.