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I made myself pools of water, with which to water the forest that brings forth trees:

Verse ConceptsWater IrrigationPools

I gathered silver and gold together, even a treasure of kings and lands. I provided me singers and women which could play of instruments, to make man mirth and pastime. I gat me drinking cups also and glasses.

Verse ConceptsChoirsThe Vanity Of Human KnowledgeSingersSupplied With Money

And nothing which was desired by my eyes did I keep from them; I did not keep any joy from my heart, because my heart took pleasure in all my work, and this was my reward.

Verse ConceptsEvil EyesReward For WorksSelf LoveBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Life

Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Verse ConceptsAchievementPhysical LabourdissatisfactionUseless EndeavourUnder The SunSuccess And Hard Work

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 done long ago.

Verse ConceptsStudying InsanityNature Of Kings

For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool forever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how does the wise man die? as the fool.

Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateForgetting PeopleDeath Is UniversalWise Man Or FoolWisdom

Therefore I hated life, for, a vexation unto me, was the work which was done under the sun, - for, all, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.

Verse ConceptsWeariness Of LifeUseless EndeavourUnder The Sunfootball

Yea, I hated all my labor in which I had toiled under the sun: because I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

Verse ConceptsLife DespisedHard WorkSuccess And Hard Workhardwork

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

Verse ConceptsUseless EndeavourUnder The SunWise Man Or Fool

Therefore I gave my heart up to despair of all the labor in which I toiled under the sun.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunDespair

I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

Verse ConceptsDoing God's WorksSchedulesRace

The whole He hath made beautiful in its season; also, that knowledge He hath put in their heart without which man findeth not out the work that God hath done from the beginning even unto 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

I knew that all which God will do it shall be forever: to it not to be added, and from it not to be taken away: and God doing they shall be afraid from his face.

Verse ConceptsAdding To GodSubtracting From God

That which is hath been long ago; and that which is to be hath long ago been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away.

Verse ConceptsNothing NewThe FutureEverything Happening For A ReasonThe Pastpastreproduction

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; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity.

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

And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works, for it is his portion; for who doth bring him in to look on that which is after him?

Verse ConceptsCareersWithheld KnowledgeUnknown FutureBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifeaccomplishments

And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter.

Verse ConceptsOppression, Examples OfComfortless LivesWeariness Of LifeOppressorsNo ComfortUnder The Sunoppressionoverworking

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

Verse ConceptsWeariness Of LifeDesire For DeathDyingLoss Of A Loved One

Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunBabies Sinful From Birth

And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

Verse ConceptsVanityUseless EndeavourMotivationSuccess And Hard WorkCompetitionaccomplishmentsaccomplishmenthardworkstriving

Someone cometh out of prison, and is made a king; and another which is born in the kingdom, cometh unto poverty.

Verse ConceptsPoor PeopleKings And Pridejail

I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.

Verse ConceptsUnder The Sun

No end to all the people, to all which were before them: also the last ones shall not rejoice in him. For also this is vanity and striving of the spirit

Verse ConceptsVanityUseless Endeavour

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely , riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

Verse ConceptsBad SituationsMisersHoardingStoring Treasure On EarthUnder The SunTragedy

For when those riches are lost in bad investments and he becomes the father of a son, then there is nothing in his hand [for the support of the child].

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

Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.

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

Also every man which God gave to him wealth and riches, and permitted him to eat from it, and to lift up his portion, and to rejoice in his labor; this the gift of God himself.

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

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

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunTragedy

A man which God will give to him wealth and riches and honor, and wanting not to his soul from all which he shall desire, and God will not permit him to eat from it, for a man, a stranger shall eat 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

That which is, has been named before, and of what man is there is knowledge. He has no power against one stronger than he.

Verse ConceptsThe Existence Of ThingsGod Is StrongPeople Naming Thingsfate

Seeing there are things in abundance which make vanity abound, what profit hath man?

Verse ConceptsToo Many WordsUseless Words And ThinkingSchoolThe Power Of Wordsfate

For who knoweth what is good for man in his 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?

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

Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.

Verse ConceptsHaving A Good DayThe Pastpastwise

Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

Verse ConceptsTwistingStraightening

These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.

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

Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.

Verse ConceptsTen PeopleBenefits Of WisdomKings And Wisdomlimitations

Do not give ear to all the words which men say, for fear of hearing the curses of your servant.

Verse ConceptsForgiving Ones EnemiesDo Not Listen!speakingSwearingAbuserumorscursesgossipingattention

See this which I have found, saith the Preacher, searching one by one to find out the reason;

Verse ConceptsBeing Found Out

Only see this which I have found: that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.

Verse ConceptsFall Of ManInventionsMan, Creation OfPerfection Of CreationMorality

I counsel you to keep the command of the king because of the oath before God [by which you swore loyalty to him].

Verse ConceptsCivic DutiesCitizenshipSwearing OathsObeying People

Because the word of a king is that which has power; and who may say to him, What are you doing?

Verse ConceptsWhat Do You Do?AuthorityPowerThe Power Of Words

All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time in which one man rules over another to his own hurt.

Verse ConceptsLording ItUnder The SunHurt

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:

Verse ConceptsOne HundredLiving LongWork EthicEthics

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.

Verse ConceptsNo Fear Of GodTime PassingFearing God

There is a vanity which is done upon the earth, that there are righteous men unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happeneth 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 hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that shall abide with him in his labor all the days of his life which God hath 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 gave my mind to the knowledge of wisdom and to seeing the business which is done on the earth (and there are those whose eyes see not sleep by day or by night),

Verse ConceptsAcquiring Wisdom

Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, still he will be without knowledge.

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

This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that--to the dead.

Verse ConceptsBad SituationsPeople Acting MadlyTragedyfate

Their love and their hate and their envy are now ended; and they have no longer a part for ever in anything which is done under the sun.

Verse ConceptsNot HatingUnder The SunUnlovingNot Sharing

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.

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

For, indeed, man could not know his own time, like fishes which were caught in a cruel net, and like little birds which were caught in a trap, - like them, were ensnared the sons of men, by a time of misfortune, when it fell upon them suddenly.

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

And in the city there was found a poor man - but he was wise - which with his wisdom delivered the city: yet was there no body, that had any respect for such a simple man.

Verse ConceptsForgetting PeopleIndividuals Saving OthersThe Work Of The WiseSaving Moneyhealthcarerecognition

The words of the wise which come quietly to the ear are noted more than the cry of a ruler among the foolish.

Verse ConceptsNo ShoutingFaintnessFools

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunErrorTragedy

A fool also multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?

Verse ConceptsMultiplyingWithheld KnowledgeUnknown FutureToo Many Words

Revile not the king, no, not in thy thought; and revile not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the heavens shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

Verse ConceptsBedroomsCivic DutiesHonouring RulersDisclosuresDo Not TellThe Rich Lording ItUngodly CursingPrivate RoomsBirdsFunThoughtsAbusesecretscriticismrumorsriskgossiping

Give a part to seven or even to eight, because you have no knowledge of the evil which will be on the earth.

Verse ConceptsWithheld KnowledgeFinancesSaving Moneyinvestingriskempowerment

Now, like as thou knowest not the way of the wind, nor how the bones are filled in a mother's womb: Even so thou knowest not the works of God, which is the workmaster of all.

Verse ConceptsBabies In The WombUnborn FetusesBonesNot Knowing HowNot Knowing WheremomsTrusting God's PlanDirectionGrowingMotherhoodChange And GrowthMoralityHaving A BabybabystructureThe Complexity Of Nature

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

Verse ConceptsBusynessVegetationNot Knowing The FutureAt Morning And EveningFrom Morning Till EveningCareer SuccessReaping What You SowPlanting SeedsSeedsSuccess And Hard WorkSowing Seedssowing

If a man live many years, and be glad in them all, let him remember the days of darkness, which shall be many: And when they come, all things shall be but vanity.

Verse ConceptsDeath, Preparation ForDark DaysOvertaken By DarknessUseless EndeavourLiving LongBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Life

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart gladden thee in the days of thine early manhood, and walk thou - in the ways of thine own heart, and in that which is seen by thine own eyes, - yet know, that, for all these things, will God bring thee into judgment.

Verse ConceptsCheerfulnessFreshness Of YouthImpulsesWork From YouthGod SuingAdolescent DepressionJudgmentsDaysRejoicing When Someone Is SavedFunJudgement DayGod Turning Bad Things Into GoodBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeJudgementEnjoying Lifemanhoodconsequencesteenagercheerleading

yea, they shall be afraid of that which is high, and terrors'shall be in the way; and the almond-tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:

Verse ConceptsGrasshoppersFeeblenessMournersAlmond TreesAcrophobiaSlownessWhite HairMourning DeathCondition Of The SpiritFear Will Comeenergymarketing

The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly, even words of truth.

Verse ConceptsA Word Fitly Spoken

The words of the wise are as goads; and as nails well fastened are the words of the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

Verse ConceptsNailsSharp Tools

There will I tarry for thee, my love, with mine host and with my chariots, which shall be no fewer than Pharaoh's.

“My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh
Which lies all night between my breasts.

(The Bridegroom)
“I command that you take an oath, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the gazelles or by the does of the field [which run free],
That you do not rouse nor awaken my love
Until she pleases.”

Take for us the foxes, the little foxes, which do damage to the vines; our vines have young grapes.

My love is mine, and I am his, which feedeth among the lilies,


“Until the cool of the day when the shadows flee away,
Return quickly, my beloved, and be like a gazelle
Or a young stag on the mountains of Bether [which separate us].” Cross references: Song of Solomon 2:6 : Deut 33:27; Matt 28:20 Song of Solomon 2:8 : John 10:27 Song of Solomon 2:16 : Matt 10:32; Acts 4:12 end of crossrefs


“I said ‘So I must arise now and go out into the city;
Into the streets and into the squares [places I do not know]
I must seek him whom my soul loves.’
I sought him but I did not find him.

Behold the couch, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.

Go forth, O you daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, and on the day of the gladness of his heart.

See, you are fair, my love, you are fair; you have the eyes of a dove; your hair is as a flock of goats, which take their rest on the side of Gilead.

Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes that are newly'shorn, Which are come up from the washing, Whereof every one hath twins, And none is bereaved among them.

Your neck is like the tower of David built for an armory, on which there hang a thousand shields, all shields of mighty men.

Thy two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe, Which feed among the lilies.

A fountain in the gardens, A well of living waters, Which stream from Lebanon.


“I arose to open for my beloved;
And my hands dripped with myrrh,
And my fingers with liquid [sweet-scented] myrrh,
On the handles of the bolt.

Y Where has your love gone,
most beautiful of women?
Which way has he turned?
We will seek him with you.

My love is mine, and I am his, which feedeth among the lilies.

Let your eyes be turned away from me; see, they have overcome me; your hair is as a flock of goats which take their rest on the side of Gilead.

Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep Which go up from the washing; Which have all borne twins, And none is barren among them.

O how pleasant are thy treadings, with thy shoes, thou prince's daughter? The joint of thy thighs are like a fair jewel, which is wrought by a cunning work master;

Thy navel is a round goblet, which wanteth not mixed wine; Thy belly a heap of wheat, set about with lilies;

Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; Thine eyes, like the pools in Heshbon, By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Thy nose like the tower of Lebanon, Which looketh toward Damascus;

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