Song of Solomon 3

Song of Solomon 3 - King James Version

 1By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

 2I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

 3The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?

 4It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

 5I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

 6Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?

 7Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.

 8They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.

 9King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.

 10He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.

 11Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.

Song of Solomon 2

Song of Solomon 2 - King James Version

 1I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.

 2As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

 3As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

 4He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

 5Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.

 6His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.

 7I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

 8The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

 9My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.

 10My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

 11For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;

 12The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;

 13The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

 14O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

 15Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.

 16My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.

 17Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.

Ecclesiastes 12

Ecclesiastes 12 - King James Version

 1Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

 2While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:

 3In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,

 4And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;

 5Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:

 6Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.

 7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

 8Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.

 9And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

 10The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.

 11The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

 12And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

 13Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

 14For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

Ecclesiastes 11

Ecclesiastes 11 - King James Version

 1Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

 2Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

 3If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

 4He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

 5As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

 6In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

 7Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:

 8But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.

 9Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

 10Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

Ecclesiastes 10

Ecclesiastes 10 - King James Version

 1Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.

 2A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

 3Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

 4If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

 5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

 6Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

 7I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.

 8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

 9Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.

 10If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

 11Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

 12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

 13The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

 14A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

 15The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

 16Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

 17Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

 18By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

 19A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.

 20Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

Ecclesiastes 9

Ecclesiastes 9 - King James Version

 1For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

 2All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

 3This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

 4For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

 5For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

 6Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

 7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

 8Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.

 9Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

 10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

 11I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

 12For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

 13This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:

 14There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:

 15Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

 16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

 17The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

 18Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.