← Ecclesiastes

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• A. 12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

• B. 13 And also that every man should eat and drink,

• C. 13 and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

• D. 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.

• E. 15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

• F. 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.

• G. 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.

• H. 18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men,

• I. 18 that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

• J. 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.

• K. 20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. (CENTER)

• J'. 21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

• I'. 22 Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better,

• H'. 22 than that a man should rejoice

• G'. 22 in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

• F'. 4:1 So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

• E'. 4:2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

• D'. 4:3 Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

• C'. 4:4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

• B'. 4:5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

• A'. 4:6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.