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Ecclesiastes

The words of the Teacher, a son of David who was king in Jerusalem, who says over and over that everything is empty, a chasing after wind. He tests pleasure, wealth, work, and wisdom itself, and reports what he found: the same end comes to the wise and the foolish, no one is remembered for long, and no one can trace out what God is doing. Mixed in are poems about times and seasons, short sayings about wisdom and folly, and a repeated recommendation to eat, drink, and enjoy your work, ending with the charge to fear God and keep his commands.

Teaching Ecclesiastes? What each passage says, claim by claim, for every chapter.