I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and behold, this also is vanity.

Also take no heed to all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:

I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labor which thou takest under the sun.

If the spirit of the ruler riseth against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offenses.

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thy eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.