Thematic Bible
Ecclesiastes 1:1 (show verse)
The words of the preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes 1:2 (show verse)
Vanity of vanities, says the preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 1:3 (show verse)
What is the profit to a man in all his labor which he labors under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 1:4 (show verse)
A generation passes away, and a generation comes; but the earth remains forever.
Ecclesiastes 1:5 (show verse)
The sun also arises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it arose.
Ecclesiastes 1:6 (show verse)
The wind goes toward the south, and it turns around to the north; it whirls around continually; and the wind returns on its circuits.
Ecclesiastes 1:7 (show verse)
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; to the place from where the rivers come, there they return again.
Ecclesiastes 1:8 (show verse)
All things are full of labor; man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Ecclesiastes 1:9 (show verse)
That which has been is that which shall be; and that which has been done is that which shall be done; and there is nothing new under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 1:10 (show verse)
Is there a thing of which it may be said, See, this is new? It has already been in days of old, which were before us.
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Ecclesiastes 1:11 (show verse)
There is no memory of former things, and also no memory of after things which shall be; for neither shall be a remembrance of them with those who will be at the afterwards.
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Ecclesiastes 1:12 (show verse)
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes 1:13 (show verse)
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all which is done under the heavens. It is a sad task God has given to the sons of men to be humbled by it.
Ecclesiastes 1:14 (show verse)
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 1:15 (show verse)
What is crooked cannot be made straight; and that lacking cannot be numbered.
Ecclesiastes 1:16 (show verse)
I spoke within my own heart, saying, Lo, I have become great and have gathered more wisdom than all that have been before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart has seen much of wisdom and knowledge.
Ecclesiastes 1:17 (show verse)
And I gave my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I know that this also is vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 1:18 (show verse)
For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.