Ecclesiastes 1:8; Ecclesiastes 1:10; Ecclesiastes 1:14; Ecclesiastes 1:16; Ecclesiastes 2:3; Ecclesiastes 2:12; Ecclesiastes 2:13; Ecclesiastes 2:24; Ecclesiastes 3:10; Ecclesiastes 3:13; Ecclesiastes 3:16; Ecclesiastes 3:18; Ecclesiastes 3:22; Ecclesiastes 4:1; Ecclesiastes 4:3; Ecclesiastes 4:4; Ecclesiastes 4:7; Ecclesiastes 4:15; Ecclesiastes 5:8; Ecclesiastes 5:13; Ecclesiastes 5:18; Ecclesiastes 6:1; Ecclesiastes 6:5; Ecclesiastes 7:11; Ecclesiastes 7:13; Ecclesiastes 7:14; Ecclesiastes 7:15; Ecclesiastes 7:27; Ecclesiastes 7:29; Ecclesiastes 8:9; Ecclesiastes 8:10; Ecclesiastes 8:16; Ecclesiastes 8:17; Ecclesiastes 9:9; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Ecclesiastes 9:13; Ecclesiastes 10:5; Ecclesiastes 10:7; Ecclesiastes 11:4; Ecclesiastes 11:7; Ecclesiastes 12:3

Ecclesiastes 1:8

8 All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing.

Ecclesiastes 1:10

10 Is there anything of which one can say, “Look! This is something new”? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:16

16 I said to myself, “Look, I have increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me; I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge.”

Ecclesiastes 2:3

3 I tried cheering myself with wine, and embracing folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom. I wanted to see what was good for people to do under the heavens during the few days of their lives.

Ecclesiastes 2:12

12 Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom, and also madness and folly. What more can the king’s successor do than what has already been done?

Ecclesiastes 2:13

13 I saw that wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

24 A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil. This too, I see, is from the hand of God,

Ecclesiastes 3:10

10 I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race.

Ecclesiastes 3:13

13 That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

16 And I saw something else under the sun: In the place of judgment—wickedness was there, in the place of justice—wickedness was there.

Ecclesiastes 3:18

18 I also said to myself, “As for humans, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals.

Ecclesiastes 3:22

22 So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work, because that is their lot. For who can bring them to see what will happen after them?

Ecclesiastes 4:1

1 Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun: I saw the tears of the oppressed— and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors— and they have no comforter.

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 4:4

4 And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:7

7 Again I saw something meaningless under the sun:

Ecclesiastes 4:15

15 I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed the youth, the king’s successor.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

8 If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

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

Ecclesiastes 5:18

18 This is what I have observed to be good: that it is appropriate for a person to eat, to drink and to find satisfaction in their toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given them—for this is their lot.

Ecclesiastes 6:1

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

Ecclesiastes 6:5

5 Though it never saw the sun or knew anything, it has more rest than does that man—

Ecclesiastes 7:11

11 Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing and benefits those who see the sun.

Ecclesiastes 7:13

13 Consider what God has done: Who can straighten what he has made crooked?

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 7:15

15 In this meaningless life of mine I have seen both of these: the righteous perishing in their righteousness, and the wicked living long in their wickedness.

Ecclesiastes 7:27

27 “Look,” says the Teacher, “this is what I have discovered: “Adding one thing to another to discover the scheme of things—

Ecclesiastes 7:29

29 This only have I found: God created mankind upright, but they have gone in search of many schemes.”

Ecclesiastes 8:9

9 All this I saw, as I applied my mind to everything done under the sun. There is a time when a man lords it over others to his own hurt.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

10 Then too, I saw the wicked buried—those who used to come and go from the holy place and receive praise in the city where they did this. This too is meaningless.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

16 When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the labor that is done on earth—people getting no sleep day or night—

Ecclesiastes 8:17

17 then I saw all that God has done. No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun. Despite all their efforts to search it out, no one can discover its meaning. Even if the wise claim they know, they cannot really comprehend it.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

9 Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. For this is your lot in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

11 I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.

Ecclesiastes 9:13

13 I also saw under the sun this example of wisdom that greatly impressed me:

Ecclesiastes 10:5

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

Ecclesiastes 10:7

7 I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.

Ecclesiastes 11:4

4 Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.

Ecclesiastes 11:7

7 Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.

Ecclesiastes 12:3

3 when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men stoop, when the grinders cease because they are few, and those looking through the windows grow dim;