Popular Bible Verses from Ecclesiastes 1

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Because in much wisdom there is much grief, and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain.

That which has been is that which will be, And that which has been done is that which will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun.

All things are wearisome; Man is not able to tell it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor is the ear filled with hearing.

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher, “Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.” What advantage does man have in all his work Which he does under the sun?

I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and striving after wind.

A generation goes and a generation comes, But the earth remains forever.

There is no remembrance of earlier things; And also of the later things which will occur, There will be for them no remembrance Among those who will come later still.

And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind.