0 Ecclesiastes selected verses

The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. Proverbs 20:30

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Ecclesiastes: Selected Verses

  1. Who can find a virtuous woman? .   0:0
  2. 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.   1:11
  3. In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.   1:18
  4. There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour.   2:24
  5. Every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour.   3:13
  6. God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.   3:18
  7. For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast.   3:19
  8. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.   3:20
  9. Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? .   3:21
  10. There is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works.   3:22
  11. The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.   4:5
  12. Do not all go to one place? .   6:6
  13. For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? .   6:12
  14. A man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry.   8:15
  15. For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.   9:4
  16. The living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.   9:5
  17. Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart.   9:7
  18. Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.   9:8
  19. Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest.   9:9
  20. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might;for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.   9:10
  21. Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour.   10:1
  22. A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.   10:2
  23. Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.   11:1
  24. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.   11:2
  25. In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.   11:3
  26. Of making many books there is no end.   12:12
  27. Much study is a weariness of the flesh.   12:12

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