26 Bible Verses about Under The Sun

What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.

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

I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

then I saw all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. However much man may toil in seeking, he will not find it out. Even though a wise man claims to know, he cannot find it out.

All this I observed while applying my heart to all that is done under the sun, when man had power over man to his hurt.

What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun?

Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt,

So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for all is vanity and a striving after wind.

and who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.

So I turned about and gave my heart up to despair over all the toil of my labors under the sun,

What has a man from all the toil and striving of heart with which he toils beneath the sun?

Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.

Again, I saw vanity under the sun:

I saw all the living who move about under the sun, along with that youth who was to stand in the king's place.

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavy on mankind:

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

Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun.

Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.

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

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

And I commend joy, for man has no good thing under the sun but to eat and drink and be joyful, for this will go with him in his toil through the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.

But better than both is he who has not yet been and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.

And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.

I searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine--my heart still guiding me with wisdom--and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the few days of their life.

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: