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   Bible Reading for June 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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