Ecclesiastes 1:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

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  • Eccl 1:1 : 1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
  • 1 Kgs 4:1-9 : 1 So King Solomon was king over all Israel. 2 And these were the princes he had: Azariah the son of Zadok the priest, 3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. 4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests. 5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief officer, and the king's friend. 6 And Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute. 7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household; each man provided for one month in a year. 8 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in Mount Ephraim; 9 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan; 10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him belonged Sochoh and all the land of Hepher; 11 The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; who had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as wife. 12 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him belonged Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, even to the place beyond Jokneam; 13 The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him belonged the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also belonged the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars; 14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim; 15 Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon as wife; 16 Baanah the son of Hushai, in Asher and in Aloth; 17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar; 18 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin; 19 Geber the son of Uri, in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer who was in the land.

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  • Eccl 1:1-3
    3 verses
    87%

    1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

    2Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

    3What profit does a man have from all his labor which he does under the sun?

  • Eccl 1:13-17
    5 verses
    81%

    13And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this difficult task God has given to the children of man to be engaged with.

    14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

    15That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is lacking cannot be counted.

    16I communed with my own heart, saying, Look, I have attained great stature, and gained more wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem: yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

    17And I set my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 2:9-13
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    9So I became great and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also, my wisdom remained with me.

    10And whatever my eyes desired, I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced in all my labor; and this was my reward from all my labor.

    11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor I had toiled to do; and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

    12I turned to consider wisdom, madness, and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done.

    13Then I saw that wisdom excels folly just as light excels darkness.

  • Prov 1:1
    77%

    1The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel;

  • Eccl 12:8-10
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    75%

    8Vanity of vanities, says the preacher; all is vanity.

    9Moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yes, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

    10The preacher sought to find acceptable words, and what was written was upright, even words of truth.

  • 2 Chr 1:12-13
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    74%

    12Wisdom and knowledge is granted to you; and I will give you riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had that have been before you, neither shall any after you have the like.

    13Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.

  • Eccl 2:3-4
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    3I searched in my heart to give myself to wine, while guiding my heart with wisdom, and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what is good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.

    4I made great works; I built houses for myself; I planted vineyards for myself.

  • 1 Kgs 4:1
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    1So King Solomon was king over all Israel.

  • Eccl 2:19-20
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    19And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I have labored and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

    20Therefore I turned my heart to despair over all the labor which I had done under the sun.

  • Eccl 2:15
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    15So I said in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me. And why was I then more wise?" Then I said in my heart, "This also is vanity."

  • Eccl 9:13
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    13This wisdom I have seen also under the sun, and it seemed great to me:

  • Eccl 1:9-11
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    9The thing that has 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.

    10Is there anything of which it may be said, See, this is new? It has already been in ancient times, which were before us.

    11There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those who will come after.

  • Eccl 2:1
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    1I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure." And behold, this also is vanity.

  • Eccl 8:9
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    9All this I have seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man rules over another to his own harm.

  • 2 Chr 1:2
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    2Then Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.

  • Eccl 2:17
    70%

    17Therefore I hated life, because the work that was done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 2:6-7
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    70%

    6I made pools of water for myself, to water the forest that grows trees.

    7I acquired male and female servants, and had servants born in my house; also, I had great possessions of herds and flocks, more than all who were in Jerusalem before me.

  • 2 Chr 9:22
    70%

    22King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

  • Eccl 4:7
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    7Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

  • 2 Chr 1:9-10
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    9Now, O LORD God, let your promise to David my father be established: for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

    10Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this your people, that is so great?

  • Eccl 7:27
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    27Behold, this have I found, says the preacher, counting one by one to find out the sum.

  • Eccl 2:25
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    25For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

  • Eccl 7:25
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    25I applied my heart to know, to search, and to seek out wisdom and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even foolishness and madness.

  • Eccl 9:1
    69%

    1For all this I considered in my heart, even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God. No one knows either love or hatred by all that is before them.

  • Eccl 4:15
    69%

    15I considered all the living who walk under the sun, with the second child who shall stand up in his place.

  • 1 Kgs 1:46
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    46And also Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom.

  • Prov 8:15
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    15By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

  • Josh 12:10
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    10The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;

  • Eccl 4:1
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    1So I returned and considered 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.

  • Job 3:14
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    14With kings and counselors of the earth, who built ruins for themselves;

  • 1 Kgs 10:23
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    23So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.