Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes or, The Preacher
How each chapter begins
- Ecclesiastes 1
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
- Ecclesiastes 2
I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 3
For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
- Ecclesiastes 4
Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of such as were…
- Ecclesiastes 5
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of…
- Ecclesiastes 6
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:
- Ecclesiastes 7
A good name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one’s birth.
- Ecclesiastes 8
Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the…
- Ecclesiastes 9
For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in…
- Ecclesiastes 10
Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.
- Ecclesiastes 11
Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.
- Ecclesiastes 12
Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt…