ONE EVENT

ECCLESIASTES 9:1-10

FOR 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. 

ALL 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.
THIS 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.
FOR TO HIM THAT IS JOINED 

TO ALL THE LIVING
THERE IS HOPE:
FOR A LIVING DOG IS BETTER 

THAN A DEAD LION.
FOR 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.
ALSO 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.
GO THY WAY, 

EAT THY BREAD WITH JOY,
AND DRINK 

THY WINE WITH A MERRY HEART; 
FOR GOD NOW 

ACCEPTETH THY WORKS.
LET THY GARMENTS 

BE ALWAYS WHITE; 
AND LET THY HEAD 

LACK NO OINTMENT.
LIVE 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.
WHATSOEVER 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.

LOVE