Ecclesiastes

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Eccleiastes 3:16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgement, that wickedness was there; and the place of rightousness, that iniquity was there.

 

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Ecclesiastes 3:17
I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

 

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Ecclesiastes 3:18 (King James Version)

I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

 

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Ecclesiastes 3:19

19For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

 

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Ecclesiastes 3:20 (KJV) All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

 

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Ecclesiastes 3:21 (King James Version)

Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

 

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Ecclesiastes 3:22 (KJV)
Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

 

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Ecclesiastes 4:1
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

 

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Ecclesiastes 4:2

Therefore I praised the dead who were already dead,
More than the living who are still alive.

 

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ECCLESIASTES 4:3

Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

 

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Ecclesiastes 4:4

Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

 

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Ecclesiastes 4:5

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

 

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Ecclesiastes 4:6

Better a handful with quietness
Than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the wind.

 

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Ecclesiastes 4:7

Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

 

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Ecclesiastes 4:8 (KJV) There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

 

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Ecclesiastes 4:9 (KJV)
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

 

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ECCLES 4:10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

 

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Ecclesiastes 4:11

Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?

 

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[bible]ecclesiastes 4:12[/bible]

 

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Ecclessiastes 4:13

Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.