Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible




The success of the wicked is brief and the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I did not withhold joy from my heart. My heart took pleasure in all my work and this was my reward.

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards. No one sings or shouts in the vineyards! No one treads out wine at the presses, for I have put an end to the shouting.

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.



Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness the appearance of the heart is made better.

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

Woe to you who are full now! For you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now! You will mourn and weep.

I said of laughter: It is madness. And of pleasure: What does it do?



The success of the wicked is brief and the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I did not withhold joy from my heart. My heart took pleasure in all my work and this was my reward.

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards. No one sings or shouts in the vineyards! No one treads out wine at the presses, for I have put an end to the shouting.

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.



The success of the wicked is brief and the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I did not withhold joy from my heart. My heart took pleasure in all my work and this was my reward.

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards. No one sings or shouts in the vineyards! No one treads out wine at the presses, for I have put an end to the shouting.

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

Folly is joy to the destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walks uprightly.

If a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness for they will be many. All that comes is vanity. Rejoice, O young man, in your youth. Let your heart cheer you in your early days. Walk in the ways of your heart, and in the desires of your eyes. Yet you know that God will bring you into judgment for all these things.


Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.



Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the presence of God, and he will exalt you.



The success of the wicked is brief and the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I did not withhold joy from my heart. My heart took pleasure in all my work and this was my reward.

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards. No one sings or shouts in the vineyards! No one treads out wine at the presses, for I have put an end to the shouting.

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.