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Ecc 4:12

Although an assailant may overpower 1  one person, two can withstand him. Moreover, a three-stranded cord is not quickly broken.

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Ecc 5:7

Just as there is futility in many dreams, so also in many words. 1  Therefore, fear God!

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Ecc 5:14

Then that wealth was lost through bad luck; 1  although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him. 2

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Ecc 5:16

This is another misfortune: 1  Just as he came, so will he go. What did he gain from toiling for the wind?

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Ecc 2:19

Who knows if he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet 1  he will be master over all the fruit of 2  my labor 3  for which I worked so wisely 4  on earth! 5  This also is futile!

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Ecc 2:9

So 1  I was far wealthier 2  than all my predecessors in Jerusalem, yet I maintained my objectivity: 3

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Ecc 2:4

I increased my possessions: 1  I built houses for myself; 2  I planted vineyards for myself.

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Ecc 4:7

So 1  I again considered 2  another 3  futile thing on earth: 4

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Ecc 10:14

yet a fool keeps on babbling. 1  No one knows what will happen; who can tell him what will happen in the future? 2

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Ecc 4:1

So 1  I again considered 2  all the oppression 3  that continually occurs 4  on earth. 5  This is what I saw: 6  The oppressed 7  were in tears, 8  but no one was comforting them; no one delivers 9  them from the power of their oppressors.

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Ecc 7:1

A good reputation 1  is better 2  than precious 3  perfume; 4  likewise, 5  the day of one’s 6  death 7  is better than the day of one’s birth. 8

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Ecc 10:9

One who quarries stones may be injured by them; one who splits logs may be endangered by them.

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Ecc 10:1

One dead fly 1  makes the perfumer’s ointment give off a rancid stench, 2  so a little folly can outweigh 3  much wisdom. 4

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Ecc 2:10

I did not restrain myself from getting whatever I wanted; 1  I did not deny myself anything that would bring me pleasure. 2  So all my accomplishments gave me joy; 3  this was my reward for all my effort. 4

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Ecc 1:18

For with great wisdom comes 1  great frustration; whoever increases his 2  knowledge merely 3  increases his 4  heartache.

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Ecc 5:3

Just as dreams come when there are many cares, 1  so 2  the rash vow 3  of a fool occurs 4  when there are many words.

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Ecc 8:4

Surely the king’s authority 1  is absolute; 2  no one can say 3  to him, “What are you doing?”

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Ecc 6:9

It is better to be content with 1  what the eyes can see 2  than for one’s heart always to crave more. 3  This continual longing 4  is futile – like 5  chasing the wind.

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Ecc 2:17

So I loathed 1  life 2  because what happens 3  on earth 4  seems awful to me; for all the benefits of wisdom 5  are futile – like chasing the wind.

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Ecc 9:16

So I concluded that wisdom is better than might, 1  but a poor man’s wisdom is despised; no one ever listens 2  to his advice. 3

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