I said in my heart, 'Pray, come, I try thee with mirth, and look thou on gladness;' and lo, even it is vanity.

Also to all the words that they speak give not thy heart, that thou hear not thy servant reviling thee.

I pray thee, the commandment of a king keep, even for the sake of the oath of God.

See life with the wife whom thou hast loved, all the days of the life of thy vanity, that He hath given to thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity, for it is thy portion in life, even of thy labour that thou art labouring at under the sun.

If the spirit of the ruler go up against thee, Thy place leave not, For yielding quieteth great sinners.

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a youth, And thy princes do eat in the morning.

Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood, And let thy heart gladden thee in days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy heart, And in the sight of thine eyes, And know thou that for all these, Doth God bring thee into judgment.