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

Therefore I hated life; because the work that is done under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and like grasping the wind.

Therefore I gave my heart up to despair of all the labor in which I toiled under the sun.

Therefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his lot: for who can bring him to see what shall be after him?

Therefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.

Be not rash with your mouth, and let not your heart be hasty to utter anything before God: for God is in heaven, and you upon earth: therefore let your words be few.

Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is heavy upon him.

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.