Lesson 1: All Is Vanity
Ecclesiastes 1:1 - 18
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The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
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Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher,
vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 1:1 - 18
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The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
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Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher,
vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 1:12 - 18
12 I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13 And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. ...
Ecclesiastes 2:1 - 11
1 I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy yourself." But behold, this also was vanity. 2 I said of laughter, "It is mad," and of pleasure, "What use is it?" ...
Ecclesiastes 2:12 - 17
12 So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done. 13 Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness. ...
Ecclesiastes 2:18 - 26
18 I hated all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who will come after me, 19 and who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity. ...
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - 8
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For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
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a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
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Ecclesiastes 3:9 - 15
9 What gain has the worker from his toil? 10 I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. ...
Ecclesiastes 3:16 - 22
16 Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness. 17 I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for every matter and for every work. ...
Ecclesiastes 4:1 - 16
1 Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them. 2 And I thought the dead who are already dead more fortunate than the living who are still alive. ...
Ecclesiastes 5:1 - 7
1 Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil. 2 Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few. ...