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Proverbs 31

Ecclesiastes or, The Preacher

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

 

 

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  'Vanity of vanities,' says the Preacher; 'Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'  

 

 

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  What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?  

 

 

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  One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.  

 

 

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  The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.  

 

 

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  The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.  

 

 

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  All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.  

 

 

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  All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.  

 

 

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  That which has been is that which shall be; and that which has been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.  

 

 

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  Is there a thing of which it may be said, 'Behold, this is new?' It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.  

 

 

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  There is no memory of the former; neither shall there be any memory of the latter that are to come, among those that shall come after.  

 

 

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  I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.  

 

 

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  I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.  

 

 

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  I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.  

 

 

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  That which is crooked can't be made straight; and that which is lacking can't be counted.  

 

 

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  I said to myself, 'Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.'  

 

 

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  I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.  

 

 

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  For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.  

 

 

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Ecclesiastes 2

 

 

 

 

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