Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 1
Last Updated: October 10, 2026The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.The sun also rises, and the sun goes...
Ecclesiastes 2
Last Updated: October 10, 2026I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity.I said of laughter, “It is foolishness;” and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how...
Ecclesiastes 3
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build...
Ecclesiastes 4
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the...
Ecclesiastes 5
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil.Don’t be rash with your mouth, and don’t let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and...
Ecclesiastes 6
Last Updated: October 10, 2026There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This...
Ecclesiastes 7
Last Updated: October 10, 2026A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.Sorrow is better...
Ecclesiastes 8
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.I say, “Keep the king’s command!” because of the oath to God.Don’t be hasty to go out of his presence. Don’t persist in an evil thing, for...
Ecclesiastes 9
Last Updated: October 10, 2026For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn’t know it; all is before them.All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous and...
Ecclesiastes 10
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to produce an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, but a fool’s heart at his left.Yes also when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that...
Ecclesiastes 11
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don’t know what evil will be on the earth.If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward...
Ecclesiastes 12
Last Updated: October 10, 2026Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them;”Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;in the day when the keepers of the...