vanity is increased unto men by oppression,1-3 by envy,4 by idleness, 5,6 by covetousness,7,8 by solitariness 9-12 by wilfulness,13-16

i returned Job 6:29 Mal 3:18

and considered 3:16 5:8 7:7 Ex 1:13,14,16,22 2:23,24 5:16-19 De 28:33,48 Jud 4:3 10:7,8 Ne 5:1-5 Job 24:7-12 Ps 10:9,10 Pr 28:3,15,16 Isa 5:7 51:23 59:7,13-15 Mal 3:5

the tears Ps 42:3,9 80:5 102:8,9 Mal 2:13 Jas 5:4

they had Job 16:4 19:21,22 Ps 69:20 142:4 Pr 19:7 La 1:2,9 Mt 25:26 2Ti 4:16,17

2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

2:17 9:4-6 Job 3:17-21

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.

better 6:3-5 Job 3:10-16 10:18,19 Jer 20:17,18 Mt 24:19 Lu 23:29

who 1:14 2:17 Ps 55:6-11 Jer 9:2,3

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.

every or all the rightness of work, that this is the envy of a man from his neighbour Ge 4:4-8 37:2-11 1Sa 18:8,9,14-16,29,30 Pr 27:4 Mt 27:18 Ac 7:9 Jas 4:5 1Jo 3:12

this is 3:16 1:14 2:21,26 6:9,11 Ge 37:4,11

5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

fool Pr 6:10,11 12:27 13:4 20:4 24:33,34

eateth that is with envy Job 13:14 Pr 11:17 Isa 9:20

6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

Ps 37:16 Pr 15:16,17 16:8 17:1

7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

ps 78:33 zec 1:6

8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

one 4:9-12 Ge 2:18 Isa 56:3-5

he hath Ge 15:2,3

no Isa 5:8

is his 1:8 5:10 Pr 27:20 Hab 2:5,9 1Jo 2:16

for Ps 39:6 Isa 44:19,20 Lu 12:20

it is 1:13 2:23 Isa 55:2 Mt 11:28

9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

are Ge 2:18 Ex 4:14-16 Nu 11:14 Pr 27:17 Hag 1:14 Mr 6:7 Ac 13:2 15:39,40 1Co 12:18-21

a good Ru 2:12 Joh 4:36 2Jo 1:8

10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

if Ex 32:2-4,21 De 9:19,20 1Sa 23:16 2Sa 11:27 12:7 Job 4:3,4 Isa 35:3,4 Lu 22:31,32 Ga 2:11-14 6:1 1Th 4:18 5:11

but Ge 4:8 2Sa 14:6

11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?

1Ki 1:1,2

12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

and if 2Sa 23:9,16,18,19,23 Da 3:16,17 Eph 4:3

13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

is a poor 9:15,16 Ge 37:2 Pr 19:1 28:6,15,16

will no more be 1Ki 22:8 2Ch 16:9,10 24:20-22 25:16

14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.

for out Ge 41:14,33-44 Job 5:11 Ps 113:7,8

also 1Ki 14:26,27 2Ki 23:31-34 24:1,2,6,12 25:7,27-30 La 4:20 Da 4:31

15 I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.

child 2Sa 15:6

16 There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

no end 2Sa 15:12,13 1Ki 1:5-7,40 12:10-16

they also Jud 9:19,20 2Sa 18:7,8 19:9

this 1:14 2:11,17,26