The Old Testament
| Book | Chapter | Verse | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecclesiastes | 1 | (1) THE WORDS of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerasalem. | |
| Ecclesiastes | 1 | (2) Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. | |
| Ecclesiastes | 1 | (3) What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? | |
| Ecclesiastes | 1 | (4) One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. | |
| Ecclesiastes | 1 | (5) The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. | |
| Ecclesiastes | 1 | (6) The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. | |
| Ecclesiastes | 1 | (7) All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. | |
| Ecclesiastes | 1 | (8) All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. | |
| 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? | |