Ecclesiastes 1:1 KJV: 


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Ecclesiastes 1:1: 
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 1:2: 
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 1:3: 
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 1:4: 
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

Ecclesiastes 1:5: 
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.

Ecclesiastes 1:6: 
The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.

Ecclesiastes 1:7: 
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

Ecclesiastes 1:8: 
All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

Ecclesiastes 1:9: 
The 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.

Ecclesiastes 1:10: 
Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

Ecclesiastes 1:11: 
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.

Ecclesiastes 1:12: 
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 1:13: 
And 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.

Ecclesiastes 1:14: 
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 1:15: 
That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

Ecclesiastes 1:16: 
I 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.

Ecclesiastes 1:17: 
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 1:18: 
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.