Chapter 1

The words of the preacher, the son of David, king of Jerusalem.

Chapter 2

I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy plea...

Chapter 3

To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven...

Chapter 4

So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: a...

Chapter 5

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, th...

Chapter 6

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it [is] common among men:

Chapter 7

A good name [is] better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the da...

Chapter 8

Who [is] as the wise [man]? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man...

Chapter 9

For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteo...

Chapter 10

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth an offensive odor:...

Chapter 11

Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

Chapter 12

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not,...