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

What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

Verse ConceptsPhysical LabourToiling In VainUnder The SunQuestioning Life

One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.

Verse ConceptsEternal WorldPermanenceThe EarthChange And GrowthSeasons Changing

Is there a thing of which it may be said, "Behold, this is new?" It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.

Verse ConceptsInventionsNothing New

I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

I said to myself, "Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge."

Verse ConceptsExperimental KnowledgeSoliloquy

I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure;" and behold, this also was vanity.

Verse ConceptsVanitySoliloquyUseless EndeavourBeing Happy And Enjoying Lifejournaling

I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholDrinking WineUnder The SunBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifeexploring

I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.

Verse ConceptsOrchardsGardens

I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem;

Verse ConceptsOwning LivestockGroups Of Slaves

So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.

Verse ConceptsGreat Individuals

The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness?and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.

Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateSpiritual PerceptionDarkness Of Evilfate

Then said I in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?" Then said I in my heart that this also is vanity.

Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateUseless EndeavourWise Man Or Foolfate

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool.

Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateForgetting PeopleDeath Is UniversalWise Man Or FoolWisdom

I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

Verse ConceptsLife DespisedHard WorkSuccess And Hard Workhardwork

Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

Verse ConceptsUseless EndeavourUnder The SunWise Man Or Fool

Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunDespair

For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?

Verse ConceptsTravailToiling In VainUnder The SunMen WorkingStrugglesSuccess And Hard Workhardworkstriving

For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

Verse ConceptsInsomnia, Causes OfUnrestUseless Endeavour

There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

Verse ConceptsEating And DrinkingGood ActivityCaused By GodFinding LoveSuccess And Hard WorkBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifeuncertaintyhardwork

What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?

Verse ConceptsMen WorkingQuestioning Life

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can't find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

Verse ConceptsBeautifulBeauty, In NatureAdaptabilityBeginning And EndBeing Found OutHeartbreakBeauty Of ThingsTime ManagementGod's Ways Beyond Human UnderstandingGod's TimingGods TimingBeing BeautifulWaiting For God's Timingeternity

Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunInjusticeSunfairnesswickedness

I said in my heart, "God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work."

Verse ConceptsJudgmentThe Nature Of The JudgementThe Right TimeGod Suing

I said in my heart, "As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals.

Verse ConceptsGod Testing PeopleEverything Happening For A ReasonTestshumanityordermyself

For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals: for all is vanity.

Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateUniversality Of DeathVanityAdvantagesUseless EndeavourCondition Of The BodyAnimals Having A Soulnatural Lifenatural DeathEverything Happening For A ReasonPetsThe Environmentbreathinghumanityfatebreath

All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.

Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateCreatures Returning To Dustdust

Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what will be after him?

Verse ConceptsCareersWithheld KnowledgeUnknown FutureBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifeaccomplishments

Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

Verse ConceptsOppression, Examples OfComfortless LivesWeariness Of LifeOppressorsNo ComfortUnder The Sunoppressionoverworking

There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment? This also is vanity, yes, it is a miserable business.

Verse ConceptsEnjoyment, Lack OfAffluenceDiscontentPhysical LabourBeing UnsatisfiedUseless EndeavourToiling In VainFamily And Friends

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn't have another to lift him up.

Verse ConceptsBest FriendsTragedyNot Being Alonehelphelpingpity

If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Verse ConceptsCordsAn Overpowering PresencePlaitingTwo PeopleThreefoldknots

For out of prison he came forth to be king; yes, even in his kingdom he was born poor.

Verse ConceptsPoor PeopleKings And Pridejail

There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was?yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Verse ConceptsVanityUseless Endeavour

Guard your step when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil.

Verse ConceptsFormalityGod's DwellingThe Work Of FoolsCare Of FeetSacrificeFoolsGoing To ChurchListening To GodfootstepsbehaviorevangelisingGuarding Yourself

Do not be rash with your mouth, and do not let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

Verse ConceptsMan's Conduct Towards GodCurbing SpeechDo Not Be RashMaking DecisionsDecision MakingThe Presence Of Godlimitationsimpulsivenessevangelising

For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, as well as in many words: but you must fear God.

Verse ConceptsBad DreamsDaydreamingMan's Conduct Towards GodMisleading DreamsPeople Being SilentFear God!

If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, do not marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.

Verse ConceptsOppressorsAuthorityNot Helping The PoorInjusticeoppressionsurprises

When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?

Verse ConceptsGrowth In WealthFinancesFamily ProblemsWealth And ProsperitySaving Money

Those riches perish by misfortune, and if he has fathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.

Verse ConceptsBad LuckBeing Lost

As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

Verse ConceptsNudityBabiesHow Death Is InevitableNaked In OriginNew Born

This also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?

Verse ConceptsBad SituationsPhysical LabourLife And DeathTragedy

All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.

Verse ConceptsSickness

Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.

Verse ConceptsDietsEating And DrinkingEating Drinking And RejoicingSunHaving A Good DayBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifefatehardwork

Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor?this is the gift of God.

Verse ConceptsGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of GodEating Drinking And RejoicingGod Gives WealthRichesthe Gifts of GodBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeWealth And ProsperityEnjoying LifeMoney Blessingspossessionsempowermenthardwork

For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life; because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.

Verse ConceptsHuman EmotionForgetting ThingsJoy And HappinessBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Life

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunTragedy

a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but a foreigner eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

Verse ConceptsUseless EndeavourSuffering From ForeignersGod Gives WealthTragedyBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeWealth And ProsperityEnjoying LifeMoney Blessingscatspossessionsempowerment

for it comes in vanity, and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.

Verse ConceptsOblivionOvertaken By DarknessUseless PeopleMiscarriages And Stillborn

Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, do not all go to one place?

Verse Concepts1000 Years And MoreDeath Is UniversalLiving LongBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Life

For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

Verse ConceptsPhysical LifeTravailWithheld KnowledgeUnknown FutureUnder The SunBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifeuncertainty

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

Verse ConceptsPleasure, WorldlyWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToThe Work Of FoolsThe Work Of The Wise

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.

Verse ConceptsReceiving An InheritanceBenefits Of WisdomWisdom

All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.

Verse ConceptsApparent InjusticeProsperity Of The WickedThe Righteous PerishingBad DaysDoing The Right ThingEnjoying Life

Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.

Verse ConceptsTen PeopleBenefits Of WisdomKings And Wisdomlimitations

for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.

Verse ConceptsUngodly Cursing

All this have I proved in wisdom. I said, "I will be wise;" but it was far from me.

Verse ConceptsTesting Other Things

Behold, this have I found, says the Preacher, one to another, to find out the scheme;

Verse ConceptsBeing Found Out

which my soul still seeks; but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

Verse ConceptsRelationship Of Men And WomenVirtuous WomanGodly WomanFinding LoveGodly ManA Good WomanBeing A Woman Of GodA Good ManMan And Womanwomancredibility

Do not be hasty to go out of his presence. Do not persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,

Verse ConceptsAuthorityTurning Against MenThe Presence Of God

There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.

Verse ConceptsUniversality Of DeathEuthanasiaCoping With DeathHow Death Is InevitableEvil And FreedomPrinciples Of WarSalvation By Other ThingsDeathstruggleWarGod Being In Controlpractice

All this have I seen, and applied my mind to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another to his hurt.

Verse ConceptsLording ItUnder The SunHurt

So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from holy place. They went and were praised in the city where they did this. This also is vanity.

Verse ConceptsOblivionVanityUseless EndeavourBurying places

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.

Verse ConceptsSecurity, FalseDivine DelaysPunishmentPunishmentsPunishment of the The WickedExerciseconsequences

There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

Verse ConceptsVanityUseless EndeavourProsperity Of The WickedThe Righteous PerishingTaking Care Of The Earth

Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

Verse ConceptsLifestylesExperience, of lifeEating And DrinkingUnder The SunSunFunStaying Strong During Hard TimesSleeping PeacefullyBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeSunshineEnjoying Liferelaxing

When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes),

Verse ConceptsAcquiring Wisdom

then I saw all the work of God, that man can't find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won't find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won't be able to find it.

Verse ConceptsBeing Found OutUnder The SunWisdomGod's PlanGod's WillSunThe MindGods PlanEverything Happening For A ReasonWorking For GodKnowing GodThe Beauty Of NatureGod Turning Bad Things Into GoodWorking For The LordChanging YourselfScriptureexploringworkingefforthardworkeverythingseekingmanwisetryingThe Complexity Of Nature

For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn't know it; all is before them.

Verse ConceptsGod's HandHateGodly ManEverything Happening For A Reasonaccomplishmentsaccomplishment

All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, to the unclean, to him who sacrifices, and to him who doesn't sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; he who takes an oath, as he who fears an oath.

Verse ConceptsApparent InjusticeNot Swearing OathsClean And Unclean

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes 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.

Verse ConceptsBad SituationsPeople Acting MadlyTragedyfate

Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.

Verse ConceptsNot HatingUnder The SunUnlovingNot Sharing

Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunLife StrugglesSunFinding LoveGetting Through Hard TimesBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying LifespousehardworkThe Love Of Women

For man also doesn't know his time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.

Verse ConceptsDisastersThe Right TimeThe Insecurity Of The WickedWithheld KnowledgeSudden DestructionSudden EventsUnreadinessNot Knowing The FutureGod TrappingBad DaysHard TimesBirdsGod's TimingTragedyGods TimingFishGetting Through Hard Timessurprises

I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunMan's Wisdom

Now a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

Verse ConceptsForgetting PeopleIndividuals Saving OthersThe Work Of The WiseSaving Moneyhealthcarerecognition

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.

Verse ConceptsNo ShoutingFaintnessFools

Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.

Verse ConceptsBenefits Of WisdomWeapons Of The BelieverFamily Conflict

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

Verse ConceptsFliesflyingbugs

Yes also, when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.

Verse ConceptsLifestylesAspects Of People Made Known

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunErrorTragedy

I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking like servants on the earth.

Verse ConceptsPromotionRiding HorsesSlavesslaveryroyalty

If the axe is blunt, and one doesn't sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.

Verse ConceptsAxesSharpeningBenefits Of WisdomSuccess Through GodSuccess And Hard Workenergy

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

Verse ConceptsFools