Ecclesiastes 1

1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:Cross-references: 1Ki 11:42 · 2Chr 9:30 · 2Chr 10:17 · Neh 6:7 · Ps 40:9 · Eccl 1:12 · +5 more

2“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”Cross-references: Ps 39:5 · Ps 62:9 · Ps 144:4 · Eccl 2:11 · Eccl 2:15 · Eccl 2:17 · +14 more

3What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?Cross-references: Prov 23:4 · Eccl 2:11 · Eccl 2:19 · Eccl 2:22 · Eccl 3:9 · Eccl 4:3 · +15 more

4One generation goes, and another generation comes; but the earth remains forever.Cross-references: Gen 5:3 · Gen 11:20 · Gen 36:9 · Gen 47:9 · Ex 1:6 · Ex 6:16 · +9 more

5The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.Cross-references: Gen 8:22 · Josh 10:13 · Ps 19:4 · Ps 42:1 · Ps 89:36 · Ps 104:19 · +2 more

6The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.Cross-references: Job 37:9 · Job 37:17 · Ps 107:25 · Ps 107:29 · Eccl 11:5 · Jonah 1:4 · +4 more

7All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.Cross-references: Job 38:10 · Ps 104:6

8All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.Cross-references: Ps 63:5 · Prov 27:20 · Prov 30:15 · Eccl 2:11 · Eccl 2:26 · Eccl 4:1 · +7 more

9That which has been is that which shall be, and that which has been done is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing under the sun.Cross-references: Eccl 2:12 · Eccl 3:15 · Eccl 6:10 · Eccl 7:10 · Isa 43:19 · Jer 31:22 · +3 more

10Is there a thing of which it may be said, “Behold, this is new”? It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.Cross-references: Matt 5:12 · Matt 23:30 · Luke 17:26 · Acts 7:51 · 1Thess 2:14 · 2Tim 3:8

11There is no memory of the former; neither shall there be any memory of the latter that are to come, among those that shall come after.Cross-references: Ps 9:6 · Eccl 2:16 · Eccl 9:5 · Isa 41:22 · Isa 42:9

12I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.Cross-references: 1Ki 4:1 · Eccl 1:1

13I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.Cross-references: Gen 3:19 · Ps 111:2 · Prov 2:2 · Prov 4:7 · Prov 18:1 · Prov 18:15 · +11 more

14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.Cross-references: 1Ki 4:30 · Ps 39:5 · Eccl 1:17 · Eccl 2:11 · Eccl 2:17 · Eccl 2:26 · +2 more

15That which is crooked can’t be made straight; and that which is lacking can’t be counted.Cross-references: Job 11:6 · Job 34:29 · Eccl 3:14 · Eccl 7:12 · Isa 40:4 · Lam 3:37 · +2 more

16I said to myself, “Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”Cross-references: 1Ki 3:12 · 1Ki 4:30 · 1Ki 10:7 · 1Ki 10:23 · 2Ki 5:20 · 2Chr 1:10 · +10 more

17I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.Cross-references: Eccl 1:13 · Eccl 2:3 · Eccl 2:10 · Eccl 7:23 · 1Thess 5:21

18For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.Cross-references: Job 28:28 · Eccl 2:15 · Eccl 2:23 · Eccl 7:16 · Eccl 12:12 · 1Cor 3:18 · +1 more