Ecclesiastes
12 chapter
Ecclesiastes: The whole book, chapter by chapter
Ecclesiastes 1
Ecclesiastes 1 opens in verse 1 with “The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.”, reaches its middle movement near verse 9 with “The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that…”, and closes in verse 18 with “For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.” Repeated or prominent terms include wisdom, heart, vanity, Jerusalem, Preacher. Together, those details trace this chapter’s own movement from its opening to its conclusion.
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Ecclesiastes 2 opens in verse 1 with “I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure…”, reaches its middle movement near verse 13 with “Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.”, and closes in verse 26 with “For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to…” Repeated or prominent terms include heart, labour, vanity, wisdom, wise. Together, those details trace this chapter’s own movement from its opening to its conclusion.
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Ecclesiastes 3 opens in verse 1 with “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:”, reaches its middle movement near verse 11 with “He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their…”, and closes in verse 22 with “Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his…” Repeated or prominent terms include time, thing, befalleth, good, heart. Together, those details trace this chapter’s own movement from its opening to its conclusion.
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Ecclesiastes 4 opens in verse 1 with “So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and…”, reaches its middle movement near verse 8 with “There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother…”, and closes in verse 16 with “There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also…” Repeated or prominent terms include better, vanity, child, considered, labour. Together, those details trace this chapter’s own movement from its opening to its conclusion.
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Ecclesiastes 5 opens in verse 1 with “Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to…”, reaches its middle movement near verse 10 with “He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance…”, and closes in verse 20 with “For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the…” Repeated or prominent terms include evil, days, good, labour, multitude. Together, those details trace this chapter’s own movement from its opening to its conclusion.
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Ecclesiastes 6 opens in verse 1 with “There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:”, reaches its middle movement near verse 6 with “Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go…”, and closes in verse 12 with “For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which…” Repeated or prominent terms include vanity, better, good, seen, years. Together, those details trace this chapter’s own movement from its opening to its conclusion.
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Ecclesiastes 7 opens in verse 1 with “A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s…”, reaches its middle movement near verse 15 with “All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in…”, and closes in verse 29 with “Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out…” Repeated or prominent terms include better, heart, wisdom, wise, find. Together, those details trace this chapter’s own movement from its opening to its conclusion.
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Ecclesiastes 8 opens in verse 1 with “Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom…”, reaches its middle movement near verse 9 with “All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun…”, and closes in verse 17 with “Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done…” Repeated or prominent terms include work, evil, heart, thing, wicked. Together, those details trace this chapter’s own movement from its opening to its conclusion.
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Ecclesiastes 9 opens in verse 1 with “For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and…”, reaches its middle movement near verse 9 with “Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity…”, and closes in verse 18 with “Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.” Repeated or prominent terms include wisdom, evil, heart, wise, better. Together, those details trace this chapter’s own movement from its opening to its conclusion.
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Ecclesiastes 10 opens in verse 1 with “Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth…”, reaches its middle movement near verse 10 with “If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength…”, and closes in verse 20 with “Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for…” Repeated or prominent terms include fool, king, princes, tell, wisdom. Together, those details trace this chapter’s own movement from its opening to its conclusion.
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Ecclesiastes 11 opens in verse 1 with “Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.”, reaches its middle movement near verse 5 with “As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb…”, and closes in verse 10 with “Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood…” Repeated or prominent terms include knowest, days, heart, youth, clouds. Together, those details trace this chapter’s own movement from its opening to its conclusion.
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Ecclesiastes 12 opens in verse 1 with “Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the…”, reaches its middle movement near verse 7 with “Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God…”, and closes in verse 14 with “For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be…” Repeated or prominent terms include broken, preacher, return, words, darkened. Together, those details trace this chapter’s own movement from its opening to its conclusion.
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