Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes or, the Preacher

Ecclesiastes 1:1

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

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Ecclesiastes 2:1

I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.

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Ecclesiastes 3:1

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

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Ecclesiastes 4:1

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

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Ecclesiastes 5:1

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

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Ecclesiastes 6:1

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

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Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.

Precepts

Job 3:3 Proverbs 22:1 Ecclesiasticus 41:12-13

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Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.

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Ecclesiastes 9:1

For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

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Ecclesiastes 10:1

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.

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Ecclesiastes 11:1

Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

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Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

Breakdown

evil days The day of the Lord (e.g. Joel 2:2, Matthew 24:21, Daniel 12:1).

Precepts

Lamentations 3:27

Age Doesn't Matter

Job 32:9 Ecclesiasticus 6:18

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