Ecclesiastes

I. Superscription (1:1)

II. Vanity of Life (1:2-2:26)

A. "All is vanity" (1:2-3)
B. There is nothing new (1:4-11)
C. Quest for something lasting (1:12-2:26)

1. Wisdom (1:12-18)
2. Pleasure (2:1-2)
3. Wine (2:3)
4. Building (2:4-6)
5. Wealth (2:7-8)
6. Nothing lasts (2:9-26)

III. Teachings (3:1-12:8)

A. Mystery of time (3:1-15)

1. Song concerning appropriate times (3:1-8)
2. God's ways are unfathomable (3:9-15)

B. Vanity of life (3:16-4:3)
C. Vanity of competitive work (4:4-6)
D. Value of having a companion (4:7-12)
E. Vanity of trying to please people (4:13-16)
F. Necessity to obey God (5:1-9)
G. Vanity of wealth (5:10-6:9)
H. Vanity of life (6:10-12)
I. Miscellaneous proverbs (7:1-14)
J. Vanity of being overly righteous or seeking power (7:15-22)
K. Vanity of expecting to discover all answers (7:23-29)
L. Value of wisdom (8:1)
M. Proper behavior toward king (8:2-9)
N. Unfathomable mystery of God's activity (8:10-17)
O. Enjoy life before finality of death (9:1-10)
P. Mystery of life (9:11-12)
Q. Value of wisdom (19:13-18)
R. Miscellaneous proverbs (10:1-20)
S. Value of Risk (11:1-6)
T. Life (11:7-12:8)

1. Value of life (11:7-8)
2. Enjoy youth (11:9-10)
3. Description of old age or decaying town (12:1-7)
4. "All is vanity" (12:8)

V. Appendices (12:9-14)

A. Qohelet's work (12:9-10)
B. Value of proverbs (12:11)
C. Vanity of excessive study (12:12)
D. Obedience is everything (12:13-14)