Like as he came naked out of his mother's womb, so goeth he thither again, and carryeth nothing away with him of all his labour.

For the laughing of fools is like the crackling of thorns under a pot. And that is but a vain thing.

Like as when a king giveth a charge, his commandment is mighty: Even so whom may say unto him, "What doest thou?"

It happeneth unto one as unto another; It goeth with the righteous as with the ungodly; with the good and clean as with the unclean; with him that offereth as with him that offereth not; like as it goeth with the virtuous, so goeth it also with the sinner; As it happeneth unto the perjured, so happeneth it also unto him that is afraid to be foresworn.

For man knoweth not his time, but like as the fish are taken with the angle and as the birds are caught with the snare: Even so are men taken in the perilous time, when it cometh suddenly upon them.

Now, like as thou knowest not the way of the wind, nor how the bones are filled in a mother's womb: Even so thou knowest not the works of God, which is the workmaster of all.

For the words of the wise are like pricks and nails that go through, wherewith men are kept together: for they are given of one shepherd only.