Eccl 2:23 Because all his days his task is painful and grievous; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is vanity.
Eccl 2:24 ¶ There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and tell himself that his labor is good. This also I have seen that it is from the hand of God.
Eccl 2:26 For to a person who is good in His sight He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good in God's sight. This too is vanity and striving after wind.
Eccl 3:1 There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven--
Eccl 3:3 A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up.
Eccl 3:4 A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance.
Eccl 3:5 A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing.
Eccl 3:6 A time to search and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep and a time to throw away.
Eccl 3:7 A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to be silent and a time to speak.
Eccl 3:8 A time to love and a time to hate; A time for war and a time for peace.
Eccl 3:10 I have seen the task which God has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves.
Eccl 3:11 He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.
Eccl 3:13 moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor--it is the gift of God.
Eccl 3:14 I know that everything God does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it, for God has so worked that men should fear Him.
Eccl 3:15 That which is has been already and that which will be has already been, for God seeks what has passed by.
Eccl 3:16 ¶ Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
Eccl 3:17 I said to myself, "God will judge both the righteous man and the wicked man," for a time for every matter and for every deed is there.
Eccl 3:18 I said to myself concerning the sons of men, "God has surely tested them in order for them to see that they are but beasts."
Eccl 3:19 For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same. As one dies so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is vanity.
Eccl 3:20 All go to the same place. All came from the dust and all return to the dust.