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 <div class="label">27</div><div class="q1"> 1Boast not thyself of to morrow;</div><div class="q2">For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.</div><div class="q1"> 2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;</div><div class="q2">A stranger, and not thine own lips.</div><div class="q1"> 3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;</div><div class="q2">But a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.</div><div class="q1"> 4Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous;</div><div class="q2">But who is able to stand before envy?</div><div class="q1"> 5Open rebuke is better</div><div class="q2">Than secret love.</div><div class="q1"> 6Faithful are the wounds of a friend;</div><div class="q2">But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.</div><div class="q1"> 7The full soul loatheth an honeycomb;</div><div class="q2">But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.</div><div class="q1"> 8As a bird that wandereth from her nest,</div><div class="q2">So is a man that wandereth from his place.</div><div class="q1"> 9Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart:</div><div class="q2">So doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.</div><div class="q1"> 10Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not;</div><div class="q2">Neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity:</div><div class="q2"> For better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.</div><div class="q1"> 11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,</div><div class="q2">That I may answer him that reproacheth me.</div><div class="q1"> 12A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself;</div><div class="q2"> But the simple pass on, and are punished.</div><div class="q1"> 13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger,</div><div class="q2">And take a pledge of him for a strange woman.</div><div class="q1"> 14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,</div><div class="q2">It shall be counted a curse to him.</div><div class="q1"> 15A continual dropping in a very rainy day</div><div class="q2">And a contentious woman are alike.</div><div class="q1"> 16Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind,</div><div class="q2">And the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.</div><div class="q1"> 17Iron sharpeneth iron;</div><div class="q2">So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.</div><div class="q1"> 18Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof:</div><div class="q2">So he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.</div><div class="q1"> 19As in water face answereth to face,</div><div class="q2">So the heart of man to man.</div><div class="q1"> 20Hell and destruction are never full;</div><div class="q2">So the eyes of man are never satisfied.</div><div class="q1"> 21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold;</div><div class="q2">So is a man to his praise.</div><div class="q1"> 22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle,</div><div class="q2"> Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 23Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,</div><div class="q2"> And look well to thy herds.</div><div class="q1"> 24For riches are not for ever:</div><div class="q2">And doth the crown endure to every generation?</div><div class="q1"> 25The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself,</div><div class="q2">And herbs of the mountains are gathered.</div><div class="q1"> 26The lambs are for thy clothing,</div><div class="q2">And the goats are the price of the field.</div><div class="q1"> 27And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household,</div><div class="q2">And for the maintenance for thy maidens.</div><div class="b"></div>
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 <div class="label">29</div><div class="q1"> 1He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck,</div><div class="q2">Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.</div><div class="q1"> 2When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice:</div><div class="q2">But when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.</div><div class="q1"> 3Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father:</div><div class="q2">But he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.</div><div class="q1"> 4The king by judgment establisheth the land:</div><div class="q2">But he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.</div><div class="q1"> 5A man that flattereth his neighbour</div><div class="q2">Spreadeth a net for his feet.</div><div class="q1"> 6In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare:</div><div class="q2">But the righteous doth sing and rejoice.</div><div class="q1"> 7The righteous considereth the cause of the poor:</div><div class="q2"> But the wicked regardeth not to know it.</div><div class="q1"> 8Scornful men bring a city into a snare:</div><div class="q2">But wise men turn away wrath.</div><div class="q1"> 9 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man,</div><div class="q2">Whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.</div><div class="q1"> 10The bloodthirsty hate the upright:</div><div class="q2">But the just seek his soul.</div><div class="q1"> 11A fool uttereth all his mind:</div><div class="q2">But a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.</div><div class="q1"> 12If a ruler hearken to lies,</div><div class="q2">All his servants are wicked.</div><div class="q1"> 13The poor and the deceitful man meet together:</div><div class="q2">The LORD lighteneth both their eyes.</div><div class="q1"> 14The king that faithfully judgeth the poor,</div><div class="q2">His throne shall be established for ever.</div><div class="q1"> 15The rod and reproof give wisdom:</div><div class="q2">But a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.</div><div class="q1"> 16When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth:</div><div class="q2">But the righteous shall see their fall.</div><div class="q1"> 17Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest;</div><div class="q2">Yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.</div><div class="q1"> 18Where there is no vision, the people perish:</div><div class="q2">But he that keepeth the law, happy is he.</div><div class="q1"> 19A servant will not be corrected by words:</div><div class="q2">For though he understand he will not answer.</div><div class="q1"> 20Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words?</div><div class="q2"> There is more hope of a fool than of him.</div><div class="q1"> 21He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child</div><div class="q2">Shall have him become his son at the length.</div><div class="q1"> 22An angry man stirreth up strife,</div><div class="q2">And a furious man aboundeth in transgression.</div><div class="q1"> 23A man's pride shall bring him low:</div><div class="q2">But honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.</div><div class="q1"> 24Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul:</div><div class="q2">He heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.</div><div class="q1"> 25The fear of man bringeth a snare:</div><div class="q2">But whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.</div><div class="q1"> 26Many seek the ruler's favour;</div><div class="q2">But every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.</div><div class="q1"> 27An unjust man is an abomination to the just:</div><div class="q2">And he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.</div><div class="b"></div>
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 <div class="label">30</div><div class="s1">Words of Agur</div><div class="p"> 1The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy:</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1">The man spake unto Ithiel,</div><div class="q2">even unto Ithiel and Ucal,</div><div class="q1"> 2Surely I am more brutish than any man,</div><div class="q2">And have not the understanding of a man.</div><div class="q1"> 3I neither learned wisdom,</div><div class="q2">Nor have the knowledge of the holy.</div><div class="q1"> 4Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended?</div><div class="q2">Who hath gathered the wind in his fists?</div><div class="q1">Who hath bound the waters in a garment?</div><div class="q2">Who hath established all the ends of the earth?</div><div class="q1">What is his name, and what is his son's name,</div><div class="q2">If thou canst tell?</div><div class="q1"> 5Every word of God is pure:</div><div class="q2">He is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.</div><div class="q1"> 6Add thou not unto his words,</div><div class="q2">Lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 7Two things have I required of thee;</div><div class="q2">Deny me them not before I die:</div><div class="q1"> 8Remove far from me vanity and lies:</div><div class="q2">Give me neither poverty nor riches;</div><div class="q2">Feed me with food convenient for me:</div><div class="q1"> 9Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say,</div><div class="q2">Who is the LORD?</div><div class="q1">Or lest I be poor, and steal,</div><div class="q2">And take the name of my God in vain.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 10Accuse not a servant unto his master,</div><div class="q2">Lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 11 There is a generation that curseth their father,</div><div class="q2">And doth not bless their mother.</div><div class="q1"> 12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes,</div><div class="q2">And yet is not washed from their filthiness.</div><div class="q1"> 13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes!</div><div class="q2">And their eyelids are lifted up.</div><div class="q1"> 14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives,</div><div class="q2">To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 15The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give.</div><div class="q2">There are three things that are never satisfied,</div><div class="q1"> Yea, four things say not,</div><div class="q2"> It is enough:</div><div class="q1"> 16The grave; and the barren womb;</div><div class="q2">The earth that is not filled with water;</div><div class="q2">And the fire that saith not, It is enough.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 17The eye that mocketh at his father,</div><div class="q2">And despiseth to obey his mother,</div><div class="q1">The ravens of the valley shall pick it out,</div><div class="q2">And the young eagles shall eat it.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 18There be three things which are too wonderful for me,</div><div class="q2">Yea, four which I know not:</div><div class="q1"> 19The way of an eagle in the air;</div><div class="q2">The way of a serpent upon a rock;</div><div class="q1">The way of a ship in the midst of the sea;</div><div class="q2">And the way of a man with a maid.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 20Such is the way of an adulterous woman;</div><div class="q2">She eateth, and wipeth her mouth,</div><div class="q2">And saith, I have done no wickedness.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 21For three things the earth is disquieted,</div><div class="q2">And for four which it cannot bear:</div><div class="q1"> 22For a servant when he reigneth;</div><div class="q2">And a fool when he is filled with meat;</div><div class="q1"> 23For an odious woman when she is married;</div><div class="q2">And an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 24There be four things which are little upon the earth,</div><div class="q2">But they are exceeding wise:</div><div class="q1"> 25The ants are a people not strong,</div><div class="q2">Yet they prepare their meat in the summer;</div><div class="q1"> 26The conies are but a feeble folk,</div><div class="q2">Yet make they their houses in the rocks;</div><div class="q1"> 27The locusts have no king,</div><div class="q2">Yet go they forth all of them by bands;</div><div class="q1"> 28The spider taketh hold with her hands,</div><div class="q2">And is in kings' palaces.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 29There be three things which go well,</div><div class="q2">Yea, four are comely in going:</div><div class="q1"> 30A lion which is strongest among beasts,</div><div class="q2">And turneth not away for any;</div><div class="q1"> 31An greyhound; an he goat also;</div><div class="q2">And a king, against whom there is no rising up.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 32If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself,</div><div class="q2">Or if thou hast thought evil,</div><div class="q2"> Lay thine hand upon thy mouth.</div><div class="q1"> 33Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter,</div><div class="q2">And the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood:</div><div class="q2">So the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.</div><div class="b"></div>
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 <div class="label">31</div><div class="s1">Words of Lemuel</div><div class="p"> 1The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 2What, my son? and what, the son of my womb?</div><div class="q2">And what, the son of my vows?</div><div class="q1"> 3Give not thy strength unto women,</div><div class="q2">Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.</div><div class="q1"> 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine;</div><div class="q2">Nor for princes strong drink:</div><div class="q1"> 5Lest they drink, and forget the law,</div><div class="q2">And pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.</div><div class="q1"> 6Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish,</div><div class="q2">And wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.</div><div class="q1"> 7Let him drink, and forget his poverty,</div><div class="q2">And remember his misery no more.</div><div class="q1"> 8Open thy mouth for the dumb</div><div class="q2">In the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.</div><div class="q1"> 9Open thy mouth, judge righteously,</div><div class="q2">And plead the cause of the poor and needy.</div><div class="s2">The Good Wife</div><div class="q1"> 10Who can find a virtuous woman?</div><div class="q2">For her price is far above rubies.</div><div class="q1"> 11The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her,</div><div class="q2">So that he shall have no need of spoil.</div><div class="q1"> 12She will do him good and not evil</div><div class="q2">All the days of her life.</div><div class="q1"> 13She seeketh wool, and flax,</div><div class="q2">And worketh willingly with her hands.</div><div class="q1"> 14She is like the merchants' ships;</div><div class="q2">She bringeth her food from afar.</div><div class="q1"> 15She riseth also while it is yet night,</div><div class="q2">And giveth meat to her household,</div><div class="q2">And a portion to her maidens.</div><div class="q1"> 16She considereth a field, and buyeth it:</div><div class="q2">With the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.</div><div class="q1"> 17She girdeth her loins with strength,</div><div class="q2">And strengtheneth her arms.</div><div class="q1"> 18She perceiveth that her merchandise is good:</div><div class="q2">Her candle goeth not out by night.</div><div class="q1"> 19She layeth her hands to the spindle,</div><div class="q2">And her hands hold the distaff.</div><div class="q1"> 20She stretcheth out her hand to the poor;</div><div class="q2">Yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.</div><div class="q1"> 21She is not afraid of the snow for her household:</div><div class="q2">For all her household are clothed with scarlet.</div><div class="q1"> 22She maketh herself coverings of tapestry;</div><div class="q2">Her clothing is silk and purple.</div><div class="q1"> 23Her husband is known in the gates,</div><div class="q2">When he sitteth among the elders of the land.</div><div class="q1"> 24She maketh fine linen, and selleth it;</div><div class="q2">And delivereth girdles unto the merchant.</div><div class="q1"> 25Strength and honour are her clothing;</div><div class="q2">And she shall rejoice in time to come.</div><div class="q1"> 26She openeth her mouth with wisdom;</div><div class="q2">And in her tongue is the law of kindness.</div><div class="q1"> 27She looketh well to the ways of her household,</div><div class="q2">And eateth not the bread of idleness.</div><div class="q1"> 28Her children arise up, and call her blessed;</div><div class="q2">Her husband also, and he praiseth her.</div><div class="q1"> 29Many daughters have done virtuously,</div><div class="q2">But thou excellest them all.</div><div class="q1"> 30Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain:</div><div class="q2"> But a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.</div><div class="q1"> 31Give her of the fruit of her hands;</div><div class="q2">And let her own works praise her in the gates.</div><div class="b"></div>
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 <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"> 1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. 3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? 4One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. 5The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. 6The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. 7All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. 8All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. 9The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. 10Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. 11There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.</div><div class="s2">The Vanity of Knowledge</div><div class="p"> 12I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 13And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. 14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 15That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. 16I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. 17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. 18For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.</div>
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 <div class="label">2</div><div class="s2">The Vanity of Pleasure</div><div class="p"> 1I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. 2I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? 3I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life. 4I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: 5I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: 6I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees: 7I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me: 8I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts. 9So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. 10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour. 11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.</div><div class="p"> 12And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done. 13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. 14The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all. 15Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity. 16For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool. 17Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.</div><div class="s2">The Vanity of Work and Riches</div><div class="p"> 18Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. 19And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity. 20Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. 21For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. 22For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? 23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.</div><div class="p"> 24 There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God. 25For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I? 26For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.</div>
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 <div class="label">3</div><div class="p"> 1To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 5a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 6a time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; 7a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 8a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. 9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? 10I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. 11He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. 12I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. 13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God. 14I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. 15That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.</div><div class="p"> 16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. 17I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. 18I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. 19For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. 20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. 21Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? 22Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?</div>
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 <div class="label">4</div><div class="p"> 1So I returned, and considered 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. 2Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. 3Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.</div><div class="p"> 4Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. 5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. 6Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.</div><div class="p"> 7Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. 8There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. 9Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. 10For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. 11Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? 12And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.</div><div class="p"> 13Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished. 14For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor. 15I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead. 16There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.</div>
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 <div class="label">5</div><div class="p"> 1Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. 2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. 3For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words. 4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. 5Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. 6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? 7For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.</div><div class="p"> 8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they. 9Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.</div><div class="p"> 10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. 11When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes? 12The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.</div><div class="p"> 13There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. 14But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand. 15As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand. 16And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind? 17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.</div><div class="p"> 18Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion. 19Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God. 20For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.</div>
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 <div class="label">6</div><div class="p"> 1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: 2a man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease. 3If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he. 4For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness. 5Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other. 6Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?</div><div class="p"> 7All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. 8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? 9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.</div><div class="p"> 10That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he. 11Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better? 12For who knoweth what is good for man in this 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?</div>
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