The Bible, King James version, Book 21: EcclesiastesAnonymous
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The Bible, King James version, Book 21: Ecclesiastes
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Bible. Ecclesiastes
21:002:019 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.
21:002:020 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the
labour which I took under the sun.
21:002:021 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.
21:002:022 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of
his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
21:002:023 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his
heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
21:002:024 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.
21:002:025 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?
21:002:026 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.
21:003:001 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose
under the heaven:
21:003:002 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a
time to pluck up that which is planted;
21:003:003 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and
a time to build up;
21:003:004 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a
time to dance;
21:003:005 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones
together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from
embracing;
21:003:006 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time
to cast away;
21:003:007 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and
a time to speak;
21:003:008 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time
of peace.
21:003:009 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
21:003:010 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of
men to be exercised in it.
21:003:011 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath
set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the
work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
21:003:012 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to
rejoice, and to do good in his life.
21:003:013 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the
good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
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