'May' in the Bible

I said to myself, “This happens concerning people, so that God may test them and they may see for themselves that they are like animals.”

A man may father a hundred children and live many years. No matter how long he lives, if he is not satisfied by good things and does not even have a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

Grief is better than laughter,for when a face is sad, a heart may be glad.

Don’t pay attention to everything people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you,

The one who digs a pit may fall into it,and the one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

The one who quarries stones may be hurt by them;the one who splits trees may be endangered by them.

Do not curse the king even in your thoughts,and do not curse a rich person even in your bedroom,for a bird of the sky may carry the message,and a winged creature may report the matter.

Send your bread on the surface of the waters,for after many days you may find it.

Give a portion to seven or even to eight,for you don’t know what disaster may happen on earth.