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Bible Reading for July 10


Ecclesiastes 1
[1] The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. [2]
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
[3] What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
[4] One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the
earth abideth for ever.
[5] The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place
where he arose.
[6] The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it
whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his
circuits.
[7] All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the
place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. [8] All
things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied
with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. [9] The thing that hath been,
it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be
done: and there is no new thing under the sun. [10] Is there any thing
whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time,
which was before us. [11] There is no remembrance of former things; neither
shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that
shall come after. [12] I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
[13] And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all
things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the
sons of man to be exercised therewith. [14] I have seen all the works that
are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
[15] That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is
wanting cannot be numbered.
[16] I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate,
and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in
Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. [17]
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I
perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. [18] For in much wisdom is
much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Ecclesiastes 2
[1] I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth,
therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. [2] I said of
laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? [3] I sought in mine
heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and
to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of
men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
[4] I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: [5]
I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of
fruits:
[6] I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
[7] I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also
I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in
Jerusalem before me:
[8] I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings
and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the
delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
[9] So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in
Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. [10] And whatsoever mine eyes
desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my
heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
[11] Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the
labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation
of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. [12] And I turned myself
to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that
cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
[13] Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
[14] The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness:
and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all. [15] Then
said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to
me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also
is vanity.
[16] For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for
ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten.
And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
[17] Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun
is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. [18] Yea, I
hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave
it unto the man that shall be after me. [19] And who knoweth whether he
shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour
wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the
sun. This is also vanity. [20] Therefore I went about to cause my heart to
despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
[21] For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in
equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for
his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. [22] For what hath man
of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath
laboured under the sun? [23] For all his days are sorrows, and his travail
grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
[24] There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink,
and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw,
that it was from the hand of God.
[25] For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I? [26]
For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge,
and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up,
that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and
vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 3
[1] 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 stones together; a
time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; [6] A time to get,
and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
[7] A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
[8] A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
[9] What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? [10] I
have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be
exercised in it.
[11] He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the
world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh
from the beginning to the end.
[12] I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to
do good in his life.
[13] And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of
all his labour, it is the gift of God.
[14] I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can
be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men
should fear before him.
[15] That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already
been; and God requireth that which is past. [16] And moreover I saw under
the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of
righteousness, that iniquity was there. [17] I said in mine heart, God
shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for
every purpose and for every work. [18] I said in mine heart concerning the
estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they
might see that they themselves are beasts.
[19] For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one
thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have
all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is
vanity.
[20] All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust
again. [21] Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit
of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? [22] Wherefore I perceive
that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own
works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall
be after him?


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