26 Bible Verses about Under The Sun
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That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man hath power over another to his hurt.
What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely , riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:
So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.
And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.
For what hath a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboreth under the sun?
Then I returned and saw 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.
I saw all the living that walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the second, that stood up in his stead.
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy upon men:
For who knoweth what is good for man in his life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
As well their love, as their hatred and their envy, is perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion for ever in anything that is done under the sun.
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.
I have also seen wisdom under the sun on this wise, and it seemed great unto me:
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that shall abide with him in his labor all the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.
yea, better than them both did I esteem him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.
For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: