Because in much wisdom there is much grief, and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain.

All that my eyes desired I did not refuse them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor and this was my reward for all my labor.

So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun was grievous to me; because everything is futility and striving after wind.

Because all his days his task is painful and grievous; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is vanity.

Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor.

For he will not often consider the years of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the gladness of his heart.

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.

I say, “Keep the command of the king because of the oath before God.

Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil.

But it will not be well for the evil man and he will not lengthen his days like a shadow, because he does not fear God.

If the ruler’s temper rises against you, do not abandon your position, because composure allays great offenses.

So, remove grief and anger from your heart and put away pain from your body, because childhood and the prime of life are fleeting.

in the day that the watchmen of the house tremble, and mighty men stoop, the grinding ones stand idle because they are few, and those who look through windows grow dim;

The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person.