American Standard VersionOld Testament
Ecclesiastes
12 chapters
chapters
- 1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
- 2I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore…
- 3For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under…
- 4Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun…
- 5Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to…
- 6There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon…
- 7A good name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the…
- 8Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A…
- 9For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the…
- 10Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so…
- 11Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.
- 12Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days…