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Ecclesiastes 7:8

7:8

Better
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[is] the end
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of a thing
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than the beginning
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thereof: [and] the patient
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in spirit
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[is] better
<02896>

than the proud
<01362>

in spirit
<07307>_.

Ecclesiastes 11:4

11:4

He that observeth
<08104> (8802)

the wind
<07307>

shall not sow
<02232> (8799)_;

and he that regardeth
<07200> (8802)

the clouds
<05645>

shall not reap
<07114> (8799)_.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

1:14

I have seen
<07200> (8804)

all the works
<04639>

that are done
<06213> (8738)

under the sun
<08121>_;

and, behold, all [is] vanity
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and vexation
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of spirit
<07307>_.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

4:6

Better
<02896>

[is] an handful
<03709>

[with] quietness
<05183>_,

than both the hands
<02651>

full
<04393>

[with] travail
<05999>

and vexation
<07469>

of spirit
<07307>_.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

6:9

Better
<02896>

[is] the sight
<04758>

of the eyes
<05869>

than the wandering
<01980> (8800)

of the desire
<05315>_:

this [is] also vanity
<01892>

and vexation
<07469>

of spirit
<07307>_.

{than...: Heb. than the walking of the soul}

Ecclesiastes 1:17

1:17

And I gave
<05414> (8799)

my heart
<03820>

to know
<03045> (8800)

wisdom
<02451>_,

and to know
<03045> (8800)

madness
<01947>

and folly
<05531>_:

I perceived
<03045> (8804)

that this
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also is vexation
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of spirit
<07307>_.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

2:11

Then I looked
<06437> (8804)

on all the works
<04639>

that my hands
<03027>

had wrought
<06213> (8804)_,

and on the labour
<05999>

that I had laboured
<05998> (8804)

to do
<06213> (8800)_:

and, behold, all [was] vanity
<01892>

and vexation
<07469>

of spirit
<07307>_,

and [there was] no profit
<03504>

under the sun
<08121>_.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

2:17

Therefore I hated
<08130> (8804)

life
<02416>_;

because the work
<04639>

that is wrought
<06213> (8738)

under the sun
<08121>

[is] grievous
<07451>

unto me: for all [is] vanity
<01892>

and vexation
<07469>

of spirit
<07307>_.

Ecclesiastes 3:21

3:21

Who knoweth
<03045> (8802)

the spirit
<07307>

of man
<01121> <0120>

that goeth
<05927> (8802)

upward
<04605>_,

and the spirit
<07307>

of the beast
<0929>

that goeth
<03381> (8802)

downward
<04295>

to the earth
<0776>_?

{of man: Heb. of the sons of man} {goeth upward: Heb. is ascending, etc}

Ecclesiastes 10:4

10:4

If the spirit
<07307>

of the ruler
<04910> (8802)

rise up
<05927> (8799)

against thee, leave
<03240> (8686)

not thy place
<04725>_;

for yielding
<04832>

pacifieth
<03240> (8686)

great
<01419>

offences
<02399>_.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

2:26

For [God] giveth
<05414> (8804)

to a man
<0120>

that [is] good
<02896>

in his sight
<06440>

wisdom
<02451>_,

and knowledge
<01847>_,

and joy
<08057>_:

but to the sinner
<02398> (8802)

he giveth
<05414> (8804)

travail
<06045>_,

to gather
<0622> (8800)

and to heap up
<03664> (8800)_,

that he may give
<05414> (8800)

to [him that is] good
<02896>

before
<06440>

God
<0430>_.

This also [is] vanity
<01892>

and vexation
<07469>

of spirit
<07307>_.

{in his...: Heb. before him}

Ecclesiastes 4:4

4:4

Again, I considered
<07200> (8804)

all travail
<05999>_,

and every right
<03788>

work
<04639>_,

that for this a man
<0376>

is envied
<07068>

of his neighbour
<07453>_.

This [is] also vanity
<01892>

and vexation
<07469>

of spirit
<07307>_.

{every...: Heb. all the rightness of work} {for this...: Heb. this is the envy of a man from his neighbour}

Ecclesiastes 4:16

4:16

[There is] no end
<07093>

of all the people
<05971>_,

[even] of all that have been before
<06440>

them: they also that come after
<0314>

shall not rejoice
<08055> (8799)

in him. Surely this also [is] vanity
<01892>

and vexation
<07475>

of spirit
<07307>_.