Ecclesiastes 1 introduces the Preacher, the son of David king in Jerusalem, who declares that all is vanity, for one generation passes and another comes while the earth abides forever. He reflects on the ceaseless cycles of the sun, wind, and rivers, and on the weariness of human labor from which the eye is not satisfied with seeing nor the ear filled with hearing, since there is no new thing under the sun. The chapter closes with the Preacher's testimony that he gained more wisdom than all before him in Jerusalem, yet perceived that seeking much wisdom and knowledge is vexation of spirit, for in much wisdom is much grief and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
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Ecclesiastes 2:11Ecclesiastes 2:15Ecclesiastes 2:17Ecclesiastes 2:19Ecclesiastes 2:21Ecclesiastes 2:23Ecclesiastes 2:26Ecclesiastes 3:19Ecclesiastes 4:4Ecclesiastes 4:8Ecclesiastes 4:16Ecclesiastes 5:10
Ecclesiastes 12:8Job 15:31Psalms 62:9Ecclesiastes 8:14Ecclesiastes 9:9II Kings 17:15
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Ecclesiastes 2:22Ecclesiastes 3:9Ecclesiastes 5:16Proverbs 23:4Proverbs 23:5Isaiah 55:2Habakkuk 2:13Habakkuk 2:18Matthew 16:26Mark 8:36Mark 8:37John 6:27
Ecclesiastes 2:11Ecclesiastes 5:18Ecclesiastes 8:15Ecclesiastes 9:9
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Ecclesiastes 6:12Genesis 5:3Genesis 5:4Genesis 5:5Genesis 5:6Genesis 5:7Genesis 5:8Genesis 5:9Genesis 5:10Genesis 5:11Genesis 5:12Genesis 5:13
Exodus 17:16Judges 2:10Psalms 78:8Isaiah 13:20Isaiah 34:10Isaiah 34:17
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Genesis 8:22Psalms 19:4Psalms 19:5Psalms 19:6Psalms 89:36Psalms 89:37Psalms 104:19Psalms 104:20Psalms 104:21Psalms 104:22Psalms 104:23Jeremiah 33:20
Joshua 10:13II Kings 23:11Ecclesiastes 8:15Ecclesiastes 9:9Isaiah 30:26Isaiah 38:8
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Job 37:9Job 37:17Psalms 107:25Psalms 107:29Jonah 1:4Matthew 7:24Matthew 7:27John 3:8Acts 27:13Acts 27:14Acts 27:15
I Kings 7:25II Chronicles 4:4Ezekiel 48:10Ezekiel 48:17Zechariah 14:4I Kings 19:11
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Job 38:10Job 38:11Psalms 104:6Psalms 104:7Psalms 104:8Psalms 104:9
Ezekiel 29:4Song of Solomon 6:13Ezekiel 31:4Ezekiel 32:2Habakkuk 3:8Jeremiah 15:19
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Ecclesiastes 2:11Ecclesiastes 2:26Matthew 11:28Romans 8:22Romans 8:23Ecclesiastes 4:1Ecclesiastes 4:2Ecclesiastes 4:3Ecclesiastes 4:4Ecclesiastes 7:24Ecclesiastes 7:25Ecclesiastes 7:26
Luke 11:34Proverbs 20:12Ecclesiastes 4:8Luke 6:42Isaiah 21:3Matthew 6:22
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Ecclesiastes 3:15Ecclesiastes 7:10II Peter 2:1Isaiah 43:19Jeremiah 31:22Revelation 21:1Revelation 21:5
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Ecclesiastes 2:16Psalms 9:6Isaiah 41:22Isaiah 41:23Isaiah 41:24Isaiah 41:25Isaiah 41:26Isaiah 42:9
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Ecclesiastes 1:17Ecclesiastes 7:25Ecclesiastes 8:9Ecclesiastes 8:16Ecclesiastes 8:17Psalms 111:2Proverbs 2:2Proverbs 2:3Proverbs 2:4Proverbs 4:7Proverbs 18:1Proverbs 18:15
Jeremiah 16:3Jeremiah 27:19Jeremiah 49:7Ecclesiastes 7:25Zephaniah 2:3I Kings 4:30
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Ecclesiastes 1:17Ecclesiastes 1:18Ecclesiastes 2:11Ecclesiastes 2:17Ecclesiastes 2:26I Kings 4:30I Kings 4:31I Kings 4:32Psalms 39:5Psalms 39:6
Ecclesiastes 2:11Ecclesiastes 9:9Ecclesiastes 2:17Isaiah 59:6Galatians 2:16James 2:18
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Ecclesiastes 3:14Ecclesiastes 7:12Ecclesiastes 7:13Job 11:6Job 34:29Isaiah 40:4Lamentations 3:37Daniel 4:35Matthew 6:27
Ruth 4:6Job 23:9Isaiah 38:18Isaiah 44:18Isaiah 59:1Jeremiah 10:5
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II Kings 5:20Psalms 4:4Psalms 77:6Isaiah 10:7Isaiah 10:8Isaiah 10:9Isaiah 10:10Isaiah 10:11Isaiah 10:12Isaiah 10:13Isaiah 10:14Jeremiah 22:14
I Kings 4:30Ecclesiastes 7:12Ezekiel 28:4I Kings 4:34Proverbs 4:7Ecclesiastes 9:16
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Ecclesiastes 1:13Ecclesiastes 2:3Ecclesiastes 2:12Ecclesiastes 7:23Ecclesiastes 7:24Ecclesiastes 7:25I Thessalonians 5:21Ecclesiastes 2:10Ecclesiastes 2:11
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Ecclesiastes 2:15Ecclesiastes 7:16Ecclesiastes 12:12Ecclesiastes 12:13Job 28:28I Corinthians 3:18I Corinthians 3:19I Corinthians 3:20James 3:13James 3:14James 3:15James 3:16