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Ecclesiastes 4:9 (NIV)
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor:
Ecclesiastes 4:10 (NIV)
If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.
Ecclesiastes 10:9 (NIV)
Whoever quarries stones may be injured by them; whoever splits logs may be endangered by them.
Ecclesiastes 9:10 (NIV)
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.
Ecclesiastes 10:4 (NIV)
If a ruler’s anger rises against you, do not leave your post; calmness can lay great offenses to rest.
Ecclesiastes 9:4 (NIV)
Anyone who is among the living has hope —even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!
Ecclesiastes 10:1 (NIV)
As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
Ecclesiastes 10:5 (NIV)
There is an evil I have seen under the sun, the sort of error that arises from a ruler:
Ecclesiastes 10:11 (NIV)
If a snake bites before it is charmed, the charmer receives no fee.
Ecclesiastes 10:12 (NIV)
Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious, but fools are consumed by their own lips.
Ecclesiastes 10:16 (NIV)
Woe to the land whose king was a servant and whose princes feast in the morning.
Ecclesiastes 10:19 (NIV)
A feast is made for laughter, wine makes life merry, and money is the answer for everything.
Ecclesiastes 10:20 (NIV)
Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird in the sky may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say.
Ecclesiastes 11:3 (NIV)
If clouds are full of water, they pour rain on the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
Ecclesiastes 11:4 (NIV)
Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.
Ecclesiastes 7:6 (NIV)
Like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of fools. This too is meaningless.
Ecclesiastes 7:7 (NIV)
Extortion turns a wise person into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
Ecclesiastes 7:12 (NIV)
Wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves those who have it.
Ecclesiastes 8:9 (NIV)
All this I saw, as I applied my mind to everything done under the sun. There is a time when a man lords it over others to his own hurt.
Ecclesiastes 8:10 (NIV)
Then too, I saw the wicked buried—those who used to come and go from the holy place and receive praise in the city where they did this. This too is meaningless.
Ecclesiastes 10:10 (NIV)
If the ax is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed, but skill will bring success.
Ecclesiastes 11:8 (NIV)
However many years anyone may live, let them enjoy them all. But let them remember the days of darkness, for there will be many. Everything to come is meaningless.
Ecclesiastes 8:3 (NIV)
Do not be in a hurry to leave the king’s presence. Do not stand up for a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.
Ecclesiastes 12:7 (NIV)
and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Ecclesiastes 9:12 (NIV)
Moreover, no one knows when their hour will come: As fish are caught in a cruel net, or birds are taken in a snare, so people are trapped by evil times that fall unexpectedly upon them.