Ecclesiasticus - Encyclopedia of The Bible - Bible Gateway ECCLESIASTICUS ĭ kle’ zĭ as’ tə kəs (̓Εκκλησιαστικός) The longest and one of the most important books of the Apoc , known also by the title “The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach” (Σοφία ̓Ιησοῦ υἱοῦ Σιράχ), occasionally abbreviated to “The Wisdom of Sirach” (Σοφία Σιράχ) or simply “Sirach” (cf the occasional Lat form
Ecclesiastes 1 NIV - Everything Is Meaningless - Bible Gateway Everything Is Meaningless - The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem: “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless ” What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun? Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it
Ecclesiastes 3 NIV - A Time for Everything - There is a time - Bible . . . A Time for Everything - There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to
Ecclesiastes 11 NIV - Invest in Many Ventures - Bible Gateway Invest in Many Ventures - Ship your grain across the sea; after many days you may receive a return Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight; you do not know what disaster may come upon the land If clouds are full of water, they pour rain on the earth Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie Whoever watches the wind will not plant
Ecclesiastes 1-6 NIV - Everything Is Meaningless - The words - Bible . . . Everything Is Meaningless - The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem: “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless ” What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun? Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it
Bible Gateway passage: Ecclesiastes 3 - King James Version 3 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather
Ecclesiastes 4 NIV - Oppression, Toil, Friendlessness - Bible Gateway Oppression, Toil, Friendlessness - Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun: I saw the tears of the oppressed— and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors— and they have no comforter And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still alive But better than both is the one who has
Pleasures Are Meaningless - I said to - I said to - Bible Gateway Pleasures Are Meaningless 2 I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure to find out what is good ” But that also proved to be meaningless 2 “Laughter,” I said, “is madness And what does pleasure accomplish?” 3 I tried cheering myself with wine, and embracing folly —my mind still guiding me with wisdom I wanted to see what was good for people to do under the
Ecclesiastes 1 NKJV - The Vanity of Life - Bible Gateway The Grief of Wisdom 12 I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem 13 And I set my heart to seek and () search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven; () this burdensome task God has given to the sons of man, by which they may be [] exercised 14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and grasping for the wind