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1
A good
name
is better
than
a good
ointment,
And
the day
of one's death
is better
than
the day
of one's birth.
2
It is better
to go
to a house
of mourning
Than
to go
to a house
of feasting,
Because
that is the end
of every
man,
And the living
takes
it to heart.
3
Sorrow
is better
than
laughter,
For when a face
is sad
a heart
may be happy.
4
The mind
of the wise
is in the house
of mourning,
While the mind
of fools
is in the house
of pleasure.
5
It is better
to listen
to the rebuke
of a wise man
Than
for one
to listen
to the song
of fools.
6
For as the crackling
of thorn
bushes
under
a pot,
So
is the laughter
of the fool;
And this
too
is futility.
7
For oppression
makes
a wise man
mad,
And a bribe
corrupts
the heart.
8
The end
of a matter
is better
than
its beginning;
Patience
of spirit
is better
than
haughtiness
of spirit
.
9
Do not be eager
in your heart
to be angry,
For anger
resides
in the bosom
of fools.
10
Do not say,
"Why
is it that the former
days
were better
than
these?"
For it is not from wisdom
that you ask
about
this.
11
Wisdom
along
with an inheritance
is good
And an advantage
to those who see
the sun.
12
For wisdom
is protection
just as money
is protection
,
But the advantage
of knowledge
is that wisdom
preserves the lives
of its possessors.
13
Consider
the work
of God,
For who
is able
to straighten
what
He has bent?
14
In the day
of prosperity
be happy,
But in the day
of adversity
consider--
God
has made
the one
as well
as the other
So
that man
will not discover
anything
that will be after
him.
15
I have seen
everything
during my lifetime
of futility;
there
is a righteous man
who perishes
in his righteousness
and
there
is a wicked man
who prolongs
his life in his wickedness.
16
Do not be excessively
righteous
and do not be overly
wise.
Why
should you ruin
yourself?
17
Do not be excessively
wicked
and do not be a fool.
Why
should you die
before
your time?
18
It is good
that you grasp
one
thing
and also
not let
go
of the other;
for the
one
who fears
God
comes forth
with both
of them.
19
Wisdom
strengthens
a wise man
more than
ten
rulers
who
are in a city.
20
Indeed,
there
is not a righteous
man
on earth
who
continually does
good
and
who
never
sins.
21
Al
so
,
do not take
seriously
all
words
which
are spoken,
so
that you will not hear
your servant
cursing
you.
22
For you also
have realized
that you likewise
have many
times
cursed
others.
23
I tested
all
this
with wisdom,
and I said,
"I will be wise,"
but it was far
from me.
24
What
has been
is remote
and exceedingly
mysterious.
Who
can discover
it?
25
I directed
my mind
to know,
to investigate
and to seek
wisdom
and an explanation,
and to know
the evil
of folly and the foolishness
of madness.
26
And I discovered
more
bitter
than
death
the woman
whose
heart
is snares
and nets,
whose
hands
are chains.
One who is pleasing
to God
will escape
from her, but the sinner
will be captured
by her.
27
"Behold,
I have discovered
this,"
says
the Preacher,
"adding one
thing to another
to find
an explanation,
28
which
I am still
seeking
but have not found.
I have found
one
man
among
a thousand,
but I have not found
a woman
among
all
these.
29
"Behold,
I have found
only
this,
that God
made
men
upright,
but they have sought
out many
devices."
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