1 So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun; and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. 2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more …
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Ecclesiastes 3
1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to …
Ecclesiastes 2
1 I said in mine heart, “Come now, I will prove you with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure”; and, behold, this also is vanity. 2 I said of laughter, “It is mad”; and of mirth, What doeth it? 3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and …
Ecclesiastes 12
1 Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw near, when you shalt say, “I have no pleasure in them”: 2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain; …
Ecclesiastes 11
1 Cast your bread upon the waters, for you shalt find it after many days. 2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight, for you knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. 3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if the tree fall …
Ecclesiastes 10
1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour; so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honor. 2 A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, but a fool’s heart at his left. 3 Yea also, when he that is a fool …
Ecclesiastes 1
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of Dawid, king in Jerusalem (Yerushalayim). 2 “Vanity of vanities!” saith the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity!” 3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? 4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth …
Proverbs 9
1 Wisdom hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars; 2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. 3 She hath sent forth her maidens; she crieth upon the highest places of the city, 4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; …
Proverbs 8
1 Doth not wisdom cry? And understanding put forth her voice? 2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. 3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors. 4 Unto you, O men, I call; …
Proverbs 7
1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commands with you. 2 Keep my commands, and live; and my teaching as the apple of your eye. 3 Bind them upon your fingers, write them upon the table of your heart. 4 Say unto wisdom, “You are my sister”; and call understanding your kinswoman, …