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Ecclesiastes 1

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  1. 1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.16 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 12:8–10, Ecclesiastes 1:12, Ecclesiastes 7:27, 1 Kings 11:42–43, 2 Chronicles 9:30
  2. 2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.35 cross-references: Psalms 144:4, Romans 8:20, Psalms 39:5–6, Ecclesiastes 5:10, Ecclesiastes 12:8
  3. 3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?27 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 3:9, Ecclesiastes 2:11, Ecclesiastes 2:22, Ecclesiastes 5:16, John 6:27
  4. 4One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.22 cross-references: Psalms 104:5, Zechariah 1:5, Ecclesiastes 6:12, Matthew 24:35, Psalms 119:90–91
  5. 5The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.10 cross-references: Psalms 19:4–6, Psalms 42:1, Habakkuk 3:11, Psalms 89:36–37, Psalms 104:19–23
  6. 6The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.12 cross-references: John 3:8, Ecclesiastes 11:5, Job 37:9, Job 37:17, Psalms 107:29
  7. 7All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.3 cross-references: Job 38:10–11, Psalms 104:6–9
  8. 8All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.17 cross-references: Proverbs 27:20, Matthew 11:28, Ecclesiastes 4:8, Matthew 5:6, Ecclesiastes 2:26
  9. 9The 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.13 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 3:15, Ecclesiastes 6:10, Ecclesiastes 2:12, Ecclesiastes 7:10, Revelation 21:1
  10. 10Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.8 cross-references: Acts 7:51, Matthew 23:30–32, Luke 17:26–30, Matthew 5:12, 2 Timothy 3:8
  11. 11There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.8 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 2:16, Psalms 9:6, Ecclesiastes 9:5, Isaiah 42:9, Isaiah 41:22–26
  12. 12I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.8 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 1:1, 1 Kings 4:1–19
  13. 13And 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.31 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 3:10, Genesis 3:19, Ecclesiastes 1:17, Ecclesiastes 8:16–17, 1 Timothy 4:15
  14. 14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.27 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 2:11, Ecclesiastes 2:17, Ecclesiastes 2:26, Ecclesiastes 6:9, Ecclesiastes 4:4
  15. 15That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.11 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 7:12–13, Isaiah 40:4, Ecclesiastes 3:14, Job 11:6, Matthew 6:27
  16. 16I 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.23 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 2:9, 1 Kings 4:30, 1 Kings 10:7, 2 Chronicles 2:12, 1 Kings 3:12–13
  17. 17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.13 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 2:3, 1 Thessalonians 5:21, Ecclesiastes 2:10–12, Ecclesiastes 1:13–14, Ecclesiastes 7:23–25
  18. 18For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.11 cross-references: Job 28:28, Ecclesiastes 12:12–13, 1 Corinthians 3:18–20, James 3:13–17, Ecclesiastes 7:16

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