Ecclesiastes 1:13; Ecclesiastes 2:17; Ecclesiastes 4:3; Ecclesiastes 4:8; Ecclesiastes 5:13; Ecclesiastes 5:14; Ecclesiastes 5:16; Ecclesiastes 6:1; Ecclesiastes 6:2; Ecclesiastes 7:14; Ecclesiastes 8:3; Ecclesiastes 8:5; Ecclesiastes 8:6; Ecclesiastes 8:11; Ecclesiastes 8:12; Ecclesiastes 9:3; Ecclesiastes 9:12; Ecclesiastes 10:5; Ecclesiastes 10:13; Ecclesiastes 11:2; Ecclesiastes 11:10; Ecclesiastes 12:1

Ecclesiastes 1:13

13 I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind!

Ecclesiastes 2:17

17 So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:3

3 But better than both is the one who has never been born, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

8 There was a man all alone; he had neither son nor brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth. “For whom am I toiling,” he asked, “and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?” This too is meaningless— a miserable business!

Ecclesiastes 5:13

13 I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners,

Ecclesiastes 5:14

14 or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when they have children there is nothing left for them to inherit.

Ecclesiastes 5:16

16 This too is a grievous evil: As everyone comes, so they depart, and what do they gain, since they toil for the wind?

Ecclesiastes 6:1

1 I have seen another evil under the sun, and it weighs heavily on mankind:

Ecclesiastes 6:2

2 God gives some people wealth, possessions and honor, so that they lack nothing their hearts desire, but God does not grant them the ability to enjoy them, and strangers enjoy them instead. This is meaningless, a grievous evil.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

14 When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future.

Ecclesiastes 8:3

3 Do not be in a hurry to leave the king’s presence. Do not stand up for a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.

Ecclesiastes 8:5

5 Whoever obeys his command will come to no harm, and the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure.

Ecclesiastes 8:6

6 For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, though a person may be weighed down by misery.

Ecclesiastes 8:11

11 When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong.

Ecclesiastes 8:12

12 Although a wicked person who commits a hundred crimes may live a long time, I know that it will go better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

3 This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all. The hearts of people, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live, and afterward they join the dead.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

12 Moreover, no one knows when their hour will come: As fish are caught in a cruel net, or birds are taken in a snare, so people are trapped by evil times that fall unexpectedly upon them.

Ecclesiastes 10:5

5 There is an evil I have seen under the sun, the sort of error that arises from a ruler:

Ecclesiastes 10:13

13 At the beginning their words are folly; at the end they are wicked madness—

Ecclesiastes 11:2

2 Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight; you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.

Ecclesiastes 11:10

10 So then, banish anxiety from your heart and cast off the troubles of your body, for youth and vigor are meaningless.

Ecclesiastes 12:1

1 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them”—