Ecclesiastes Outline

D. L. Webster

Intro1:1-15
  • Summary statement
  • 1:1-2
  • Opening poem
  • 1:3-11
  • Introduction
  • 1:12-15
    Seeking Meaning1:16-2:26
  • Wisdom
  • 1:16-18
  • Pleasure & Prosperity
  • 2:1-11
  • Wisdom
  • 2:12-16
  • Conclusion: Death
  • 2:17-23
  • Where is God?
  • 2:24-26
    Meaningless Cycles3:1-8
    Fitting God in3:9-22
  • God toward man
  • 3:9-15
  • Injustice
  • 3:16-17
  • Man only an animal
  • 3:18-22
    Injustice4:1-4
    Proverbs4:5-12
    Popularity4:13-16
    Man toward God5:1-7
    Possessions5:8-20
  • Injustice in authority
  • 5:8-9
  • Proverbs
  • 5:10-17
  • Where's God?
  • 5:18-20
    Contentment6:1-9
    Proverbs6:10-8:14
    Conclusion8:15-9:10
  • Enjoy life
  • 8:15
  • Impossible to know
  • 8:16-17
  • Same Destiny: Death
  • 9:1-6
  • Final Conclusion
  • 9:7-10
    Proverbs9:11-11:10
    A poem12:1-7
    Summary Statement12:8
    Postscript12:9-14