Old Testament

Book	Chapter	Verse
Ecclesiastes	1	(9) The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
Ecclesiastes	1	(10) Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
Ecclesiastes	1	(11) There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
Ecclesiastes	1	(12) I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes	1	(13) And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
Ecclesiastes	1	(14) I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes	1	(15) That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
Ecclesiastes	1	(16) I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
Ecclesiastes	1	(17) And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes	1	(18) For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
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.
Ecclesiastes	2	(2) I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Ecclesiastes	2	(3) I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
Ecclesiastes	2	(4) I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
Ecclesiastes	2	(5) I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
Ecclesiastes	2	(6) I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
Ecclesiastes	2	(7) I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
Ecclesiastes	2	(8) I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
Ecclesiastes	2	(9) So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
Ecclesiastes	2	(10) And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.

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(9) The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Ecclesiastes

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(10) Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

Ecclesiastes

1

(11) There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.

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(12) I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

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(13) And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

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(14) I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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1

(15) That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

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(16) I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

Ecclesiastes

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(17) And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

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(18) For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

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.

Ecclesiastes

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(2) I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

Ecclesiastes

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(3) I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

Ecclesiastes

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(4) I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:

Ecclesiastes

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(5) I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:

Ecclesiastes

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(6) I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:

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(7) I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:

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(8) I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

Ecclesiastes

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(9) So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

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(10) And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.