Bible Reading for July 24

Bible Reading for July 24

Ecclesiastes Chapter 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 Chapter 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 Chapter 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?

Ecclesiastes Chapter 4

1 So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under 
the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no 
comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they 
had no comforter.

2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the 
living which are yet alive.

3 Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath 
not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a 
man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with 
travail and vexation of spirit.

7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither 
child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his 
eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and 
bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him 
that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be 
warm alone?

12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a 
threefold cord is not quickly broken.

13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who 
will no more be admonished.

14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in 
his kingdom becometh poor.

15 I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second 
child that shall stand up in his stead.

16 There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before 
them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this 
also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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