Popular Bible Verses from Ecclesiastes 1

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For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity. What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?

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

One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.

There is no remembrance of the former generations; neither shall there be any remembrance of the latter generations that are to come, among those that shall come after.

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