Archive THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Ecclesiastes 1 to 12)

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Ecclesiastes 1:6 (NLT)
The wind blows n
south, and then turns north. Around and around it goes, blowing in circles.
 
Ecclesiastes 1:7 (NLT)
Rivers run into the sea, but the sea is never full. Then the water returns again to the rivers and flows out again to the sea.
 
Ecclesiastes 1:8 (NLT)
Everything is wearisome beyond description. No matter how much we see, we are never satisfied. No matter how much we hear, we are never content.
 
Ecclesiastes 1:9 (NLT)
History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new.
 
Ecclesiastes 1:10 (NLT)
sometimes people say, "Here is something new!" But actually it is old;
Nothing is ever truly new.
 
Ecclesiastes 1:11 (NLT)
We don't remember what happened in the past, and in future generations, no one will remember what we are doing now.
 
Proverbs 1:13 (NLT)
I devoted myself to search for understanding and to explore by wisdom everything being done under heaven. I soon discovered that God has dealt a tragic existence to the human race.
 
Ecclesiastes 1:14 (NLT)
I observed every thing going on under the sun, and really, it is all meaningless-like chasing the wind.
 
Ecclesiastes 1:16 (5NLT)
I said to myself, "Look, I am wiser than any of the kings who ruled in Jerusalem before me.
I have greater wisdom and knowledge than any of them."
 
Ecclesiastes 1:17 (NLT)
So I set out to learn everything from wisdom to madness and folly. But I learned firsthand that pursuing all this is like chasing the wind.
 
Ecclesiastes 2:1 (NLT)
I said to myself, "Come on let's try pleasure.
Let's look for the good things in life."
But I found that this, too, was meaningless.
 
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