Ecclesiastes 2:16
16 For there is ano remembrance of the wise man along with the fool forever, inasmuch as in the coming days all will be forgotten. And bhow the wise man dies with the fool!
Ecclesiastes 3:19
19 aFor the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same fate for each of them. As one dies so dies the other, and they all have the same breath. So there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 4:1
The Tears of the Oppressed
Then I looked again at all the acts of aoppression which were being done under the sun. And behold, I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they had bno one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
The Vanity of Riches
8 If you see aoppression of the poor and brobbery of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be castonished over the matter; for a lofty one keeps watch over another lofty one, and there are loftier ones over them.
Ecclesiastes 7:15
15 I have seen everything during my adays of vanity; there is ba righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is ca wicked man who prolongs his life in his evildoing.
Ecclesiastes 8:14
14 There is vanity which is done on the earth, that is, there are arighteous men to whom it happens according to the works of the wicked. On the other hand, there are bwicked men to whom it happens according to the works of the righteous. I say that this too is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 9:2
2 aIt is the same for all. There is bone fate for the righteous and for the wicked; for the good, for the clean and for the unclean; for the man who offers a sacrifice and for the one who does not sacrifice. As the good man is, so is the sinner; as the swearer is, so is the one who is afraid to swear.
Ecclesiastes 9:11
11 I again saw under the sun that the arace is not to the swift and the bbattle is not to the mighty, and neither is bread to the wise nor criches to the discerning nor favor to men who know; for time and dmisfortune overtake them all.
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