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Ecclesiastes 4:9 (CSB)

Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their efforts.

Ecclesiastes 4:10 (CSB)

For if either falls, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to lift him up.

Ecclesiastes 9:10 (CSB)

Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.

Ecclesiastes 10:9 (CSB)

The one who quarries stones may be hurt by them; the one who splits logs may be endangered by them.

Ecclesiastes 10:4 (CSB)

If the ruler’s anger rises against you, don’t leave your post, for calmness puts great offenses to rest.

Ecclesiastes 9:4 (CSB)

But there is hope for whoever is joined with all the living, since a live dog is better than a dead lion.

Ecclesiastes 1:1 (CSB)

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

Ecclesiastes 1:2 (CSB)

“Absolute futility,” says the Teacher. “Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”

Ecclesiastes 1:3 (CSB)

What does a person gain for all his efforts that he labors at under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 1:4 (CSB)

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

Ecclesiastes 1:5 (CSB)

The sun rises and the sun sets; panting, it hurries back to the place where it rises.

Ecclesiastes 1:6 (CSB)

Gusting to the south, turning to the north, turning, turning, goes the wind, and the wind returns in its cycles.

Ecclesiastes 1:7 (CSB)

All the streams flow to the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again.

Ecclesiastes 1:8 (CSB)

All things are wearisome, more than anyone can say. The eye is not satisfied by seeing or the ear filled with hearing.

Ecclesiastes 1:9 (CSB)

What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 1:10 (CSB)

Can one say about anything, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.

Ecclesiastes 1:11 (CSB)

There is no remembrance of those who came before; and of those who will come after there will also be no remembrance by those who follow them.

Ecclesiastes 1:12 (CSB)

I, the Teacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 1:13 (CSB)

I applied my mind to examine and explore through wisdom all that is done under heaven. God has given people this miserable task to keep them occupied.

Ecclesiastes 1:14 (CSB)

I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:15 (CSB)

What is crooked cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted.

Ecclesiastes 1:16 (CSB)

I said to myself, “See, I have amassed wisdom far beyond all those who were over Jerusalem before me, and my mind has thoroughly grasped wisdom and knowledge.”

Ecclesiastes 1:17 (CSB)

I applied my mind to know wisdom and knowledge, madness and folly; I learned that this too is a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:18 (CSB)

For with much wisdom is much sorrow; as knowledge increases, grief increases.

Ecclesiastes 2:1 (CSB)

I said to myself, “Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good.” But it turned out to be futile.