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ECC 2:1
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I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove
thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. |
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ECC 2:2
Ecclesiastes 2:2 |
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I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth,
What doeth it? |
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ECC 2:3
Ecclesiastes 2:3 |
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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. |
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ECC 2:4
Ecclesiastes 2:4 |
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I made me great works; I builded me houses;
I planted me vineyards: |
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ECC 2:5
Ecclesiastes 2:5 |
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I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted
trees in them of all kind of fruits: |
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ECC 2:6
Ecclesiastes 2:6 |
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I made me pools of water, to water therewith
the wood that bringeth forth trees: |
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ECC 2:7
Ecclesiastes 2:7 |
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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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ECC 2:8
Ecclesiastes 2:8 |
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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. |
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ECC 2:9
Ecclesiastes 2:9 |
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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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ECC 2:10
Ecclesiastes 2:10 |
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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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ECC 2:11
Ecclesiastes 2:11 |
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Then I looked on all the works that my hands
had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was
vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. |
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ECC 2:12
Ecclesiastes 2:12 |
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And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness,
and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which
hath been already done. |
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ECC 2:13
Ecclesiastes 2:13 |
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Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as
far as light excelleth darkness. |
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ECC 2:14
Ecclesiastes 2:14 |
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The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the
fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth
to them all. |
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ECC 2:15
Ecclesiastes 2:15 |
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Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to
the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said
in my heart, that this also is vanity. |
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ECC 2:16
Ecclesiastes 2:16 |
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For there is no remembrance of the wise more
than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall
all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool. |
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ECC 2:17
Ecclesiastes 2:17 |
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Therefore I hated life; because the work that
is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of
spirit. |
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ECC 2:18
Ecclesiastes 2:18 |
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Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken
under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. |
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ECC 2:19
Ecclesiastes 2:19 |
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And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise
man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured,
and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity. |
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ECC 2:20
Ecclesiastes 2:20 |
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Therefore I went about to cause my heart to
despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. |
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ECC 2:21
Ecclesiastes 2:21 |
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For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom,
and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall
he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. |
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ECC 2:22
Ecclesiastes 2:22 |
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For what hath man of all his labour, and of
the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? |
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ECC 2:23
Ecclesiastes 2:23 |
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For all his days are sorrows, and his travail
grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity. |
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ECC 2:24
Ecclesiastes 2:24 |
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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.
This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God. |
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ECC 2:25
Ecclesiastes 2:25 |
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For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto,
more than I? |
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ECC 2:26
Ecclesiastes 2:26 |
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For God giveth to a man that is good in his
sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to
gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also
is vanity and vexation of spirit. |
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