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

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Ecclesiastes 12:8, Ecclesiastes 12:10, Ecclesiastes 12:8, Ecclesiastes 12:10, Ecclesiastes 1:12

2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

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Psalms 144:4, Psalms 144:4, Romans 8:20, Romans 8:20, Psalms 39:5

3What profit hath a man by all his labor with which he wearieth himself under the sun?

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Ecclesiastes 3:9, Ecclesiastes 3:9, Ecclesiastes 2:11, Ecclesiastes 2:22, Ecclesiastes 5:16

4One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; while the earth abideth for ever.

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Psalms 104:5, Psalms 104:5, Zechariah 1:5, Ecclesiastes 6:12, Zechariah 1:5

5The sun riseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteneth to the place whence it arose.

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Psalms 19:4, Psalms 19:6, Psalms 42:1, Habakkuk 3:11, Psalms 19:4

6The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about to the north; round and round goeth the wind, and returneth to its circuits.

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John 3:8, John 3:8, Ecclesiastes 11:5, Ecclesiastes 11:5, Job 37:9

7All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; to the place whence the rivers come, thither they return.

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Job 38:10, Job 38:11, Job 38:10, Job 38:11, Psalms 104:6

8All words become weary; man cannot express it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

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Proverbs 27:20, Proverbs 27:20, Matthew 11:28, Matthew 11:28, Ecclesiastes 4:8

9The thing that 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.

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Ecclesiastes 3:15, Ecclesiastes 3:15, Ecclesiastes 6:10, Ecclesiastes 6:10, Ecclesiastes 2:12

10Is there any thing of which one may say, "Behold, this is new"? It was long ago, in the times which were before us.

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Acts 7:51, Acts 7:51, Matthew 23:30, Matthew 23:32, Luke 17:26

11There is no remembrance of former things, and of things that are to come there shall be no remembrance to those who live afterwards.

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Ecclesiastes 2:16, Psalms 9:6, Ecclesiastes 2:16, Psalms 9:6, Ecclesiastes 9:5

12I, the Preacher, was king over Israel at Jerusalem.

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Ecclesiastes 1:1, Ecclesiastes 1:1, 1 Kings 4:1, 1 Kings 4:19, 1 Kings 4:1

13And I gave my mind to seek and to search out with wisdom concerning all things which are done under heaven; an evil business, which God hath given to the sons of men, in which to employ themselves.

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Ecclesiastes 3:10, Ecclesiastes 3:10, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 3:19, Ecclesiastes 1:17

14I saw all the things which are done under the sun; and, behold, it was all vanity, and striving after wind.

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Ecclesiastes 2:11, Ecclesiastes 2:11, Ecclesiastes 2:17, Ecclesiastes 2:26, Ecclesiastes 2:17

15That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

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Ecclesiastes 7:12, Ecclesiastes 7:13, Ecclesiastes 7:12, Ecclesiastes 7:13, Isaiah 40:4

16I communed with my heart, saying, "Behold, I have gained more and greater wisdom than all who have been before me at Jerusalem; yea, my mind hath seen much wisdom and knowledge."

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Ecclesiastes 2:9, Ecclesiastes 2:9, 1 Kings 4:30, 1 Kings 4:30, 1 Kings 10:7

17And I gave my mind to know wisdom, and to know senselessness and folly; I perceived that this also is striving after wind.

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Ecclesiastes 2:3, Ecclesiastes 2:3, 1 Thessalonians 5:21, 1 Thessalonians 5:21, Ecclesiastes 2:10

18For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

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Job 28:28, Ecclesiastes 12:12, Ecclesiastes 12:13, Job 28:28, Ecclesiastes 12:12