Ecclesiastes KJV

King James Version · 12 chapters · 222 verses

The book of Ecclesiastes has 12 chapters and 222 verses in the King James Version. Below is the beginning of verse 1 for each chapter.

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• Ecclesiastes 1 (18 verses)
  1. The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
• Ecclesiastes 2 (26 verses)
  1. I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is …
• Ecclesiastes 3 (22 verses)
  1. To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
• Ecclesiastes 4 (16 verses)
  1. So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were …
• Ecclesiastes 5 (20 verses)
  1. Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice …
• Ecclesiastes 6 (12 verses)
  1. There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
• Ecclesiastes 7 (29 verses)
  1. A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
• Ecclesiastes 8 (17 verses)
  1. Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, …
• Ecclesiastes 9 (18 verses)
  1. For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, …
• Ecclesiastes 10 (20 verses)
  1. Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is …
• Ecclesiastes 11 (10 verses)
  1. Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
• Ecclesiastes 12 (14 verses)
  1. Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when …