King James Version + Apocrypha

Ecclesiastes

12 chapters

Chapters

Ecclesiastes 1

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

Ecclesiastes 2

I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also [is] vanity.

Ecclesiastes 3

To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

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.

Ecclesiastes 5

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

Ecclesiastes 6

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it [is] common among men:

Ecclesiastes 7

A good name [is] better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.

Ecclesiastes 8

Who [is] as the wise [man]? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.

Ecclesiastes 9

For 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 man knoweth either love or hatred [by] all [that is] before them.

Ecclesiastes 10

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: [so doth] a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom [and] honour.

Ecclesiastes 11

Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

Ecclesiastes 12

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;