The World English Bible (WEB): EcclesiastesAnonymous
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The World English Bible (WEB): Ecclesiastes
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Bible. Ecclesiastes
Yes, they have all one breath; and man
has no advantage over the animals: for all is vanity.
003:020 All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn
to dust again.
003:021 Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward,
and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward
to the earth?"
003:022 Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man
should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion:
for who can bring him to see what will be after him?
004:001 Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under
the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed,
and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors
there was power; but they had no comforter.
004:002 Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than
the living who are yet alive.
004:003 Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been,
who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
004:004 Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a
man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
004:005 The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.
004:006 Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor
and chasing after wind.
004:007 Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
004:008 There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother.
There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes
satisfied with wealth. For whom then, do I labor, and deprive
my soul of enjoyment? This also is vanity, yes, it is
a miserable business.
004:009 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward
for their labor.
004:010 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe
to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn't have another
to lift him up.
004:011 Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can
one keep warm alone?
004:012 If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him;
and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
004:013 Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king
who doesn't know how to receive admonition any more.
004:014 For out of prison he came forth to be king; yes, even in his
kingdom he was born poor.
004:015 I saw all the living who walk under the sun, that they were
with the youth, the other, who succeeded him.
004:016 There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom
he was--yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him.
Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
005:001 Guard your steps when you go to God's house; for to draw near
to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools,
for they don't know that they do evil.
005:002 Don't be rash with your mouth, and don't let your heart be
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