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| | Ecclesiastes 001:003 NIV | Biblical context: What does man gain from All his labor at which he Toils under the sun? | | Personal significance: This is not a lament of the futility of life. Though we work for our food, God is merciful. This verse reminds me of the curse put on Adam after the Fall, and God's grace not to wipe out mankind altogether, but to provide the means for our physical and spiritual sustenance if we seek him. | | Technical note: A complete verse.
See the BH at Genesis 3:19 RSV for the origin of the curse, and God's grace. | From   BibleHaiku™, 12/24/2003 | |
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| The sun rises and
The sun sets, and hurries back
To where it rises.
| | Ecclesiastes 001:005 NIV | | Biblical context: A complete verse BH. | | Personal significance: | | Technical note: | | From BibleHaiku™, 5/26/2003 | |
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| I made me great works;
I builded me houses; I
Planted me vineyards...
| | Ecclesiastes 002:004 KJV | | Biblical context: | | Personal significance: | | Technical note: A complete verse BH. | | From BibleHaiku™, 7/9/2003 | |
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| To every thing there
Is a season, and a time
To every purpose...
| | Ecclesiastes 003:001 KJV | | Biblical context: | | Personal significance: | | Technical note: | | From LEStephey, 8/25/2003 | |
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| ...Everything God does
Will remain forever; there
Is nothing to add...
| | Ecclesiastes 003:014 NASU | | Biblical context: | | Personal significance: | | Technical note: | | From BibleHaiku™, 1/18/2004 | |
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| Whatever is has
Already been, and what
Will be has been before...
| | Ecclesiastes 003:015 NIV | | Biblical context: | | Personal significance: | | Technical note: A 5-6-6 verse fragment. | | From BibleHaiku™, 1/18/2004 | |
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| I looked again at
All the acts of oppression
Which were being done...
| | Ecclesiastes 004:001 NASU | | Biblical context: | | Personal significance: | | Technical note: | | From LEStephey, 8/25/2003 | |
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| Go near to listen
Rather than to offer the
Sacrifice of fools...
| | Ecclesiastes 005:001 NIV | | Biblical context: How to guard one’s steps when going to the house of the Lord. | | Personal significance: | | Technical note: | | From LEStephey, 8/25/2003 | |
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| God is in heaven,
And you upon earth; therefore
Let your words be few.
| | Ecclesiastes 005:002 RSV | | Biblical context: | | Personal significance: | | Technical note: | | From LEStephey, 8/25/2003 | |
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| Who can tell him what
Will happen under the sun
After he is gone?
| | Ecclesiastes 006:012 NIV | | Biblical context: | | Personal significance: | | Technical note: | | From LEStephey, 8/25/2003 | |
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| Like the crackling of
Thorns under the pot, so is
The laughter of fools.
| | Ecclesiastes 007:006 NIV | | Biblical context: | | Personal significance: | | Technical note: | | From LEStephey, 8/26/2003 | |
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| Consider what God
Has done: Who can straighten what
He has made crooked?
| | Ecclesiastes 007:013 NIV | | Biblical context: | | Personal significance: | | Technical note: A complete verse BH. | | From LEStephey, 8/26/2003 | |
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| A man's wisdom makes
His face shine, and the sternness
Of his face is changed.
| | Ecclesiastes 008:001 NKJV | | Biblical context: | | Personal significance: | | Technical note: | | From LEStephey, 8/26/2003 | |
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| ...The hearts of the sons
Of men are full of evil
And insanity...
| | Ecclesiastes 009:003 NASU | | Biblical context: | | Personal significance: | | Technical note: | | From LEStephey, 8/26/2003 | |
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| ...Folly is set in
Great dignity, and the rich
Sit in a low place.
| | Ecclesiastes 010:006 ASV | | Biblical context: | | Personal significance: | | Technical note: A complete verse BH. | | From LEStephey, 8/26/2003 | |
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