Ecclesiastes 6:1
¶ There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it [is] common among men:
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- Eccl 5:13 : 13 There is a sore evil [which] I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
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- Eccl 6:2-1211 verses83%
2A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this [is] vanity, and it [is] an evil disease.
3If a man beget an hundred [children], and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also [that] he have no burial; I say, [that] an untimely birth [is] better than he.
4For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
5Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known [any thing]: this hath more rest than the other.
6Yea, though he live a thousand years twice [told], yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
7¶ All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
9Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.
10That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it [is] man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
11¶ Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what [is] man the better?
12For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
- Eccl 5:13-142 verses82%
13There is a sore evil [which] I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
14But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and [there is] nothing in his hand.
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3This [is] an evil among all [things] that are done under the sun, that [there is] one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness [is] in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.
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5There is an evil [which] I have seen under the sun, as an error [which] proceedeth from the ruler:
- Eccl 8:9-113 verses79%
9¶ All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: [there is] a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
10And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this [is] also vanity.
11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
- Eccl 1:13-153 verses78%
13And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all [things] that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
15[That which is] crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
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16¶ And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness, [that] iniquity [was] there.
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14¶ There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.
- Eccl 1:2-32 verses77%
2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all [is] vanity.
3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
- Eccl 2:20-223 verses77%
20Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
21For 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.
22For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
- Eccl 4:7-82 verses76%
7¶ Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
8There 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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11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all [was] vanity and vexation of spirit, and [there was] no profit under the sun.
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10I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
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13¶ This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it [seemed] great unto me:
- Eccl 5:16-183 verses75%
16And this also [is] a sore evil, [that] in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and [he hath] much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
18¶ Behold [that] which I have seen: [it is] good and comely [for one] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it [is] his portion.
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15All [things] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just [man] that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his life] in his wickedness.
- Eccl 2:17-182 verses75%
17¶ Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun [is] grievous unto me: for all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.
18Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
- Eccl 4:3-42 verses75%
3Yea, better [is he] than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
4¶ Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit.
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26For [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.
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6¶ Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man [is] great upon him.
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9¶ The thing that hath been, it [is that] which shall be; and that which is done [is] that which shall be done: and [there is] no new [thing] under the sun.
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24[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.
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12I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
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17Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek [it] out, yet he shall not find [it]; yea further; though a wise [man] think to know [it], yet shall he not be able to find [it].
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18I 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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6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.
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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.