TOPICAL BIBLE
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Ecclesiastes 1:13And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.Ecclesiastes 1:14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.Ecclesiastes 1:15That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.Ecclesiastes 1:16I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have gotten me great wisdom above all that were before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.Ecclesiastes 1:17And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.Ecclesiastes 1:18For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.Ecclesiastes 2:1I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.Ecclesiastes 2:2I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?Ecclesiastes 2:3I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.Ecclesiastes 2:4I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;Ecclesiastes 2:5I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;Ecclesiastes 2:6I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared;Ecclesiastes 2:7I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem;Ecclesiastes 2:8I gathered me also silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces; I gat me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, musical instruments, and that of all sorts.Ecclesiastes 2:9So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.Ecclesiastes 2:10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor; and this was my portion from all my labor.Ecclesiastes 2:11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.Ecclesiastes 2:12And 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 done long ago.Ecclesiastes 12:9And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.Ecclesiastes 12:10The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly, even words of truth.Ecclesiastes 12:11The words of the wise are as goads; and as nails well fastened are the words of the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.Ecclesiastes 12:12And furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.Ecclesiastes 12:13This is the end of the matter; all hath been heard: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.Ecclesiastes 12:14For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
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