I said of laughter, It is madness; and of mirth, What does it do?

For there is no memory of the wise more than of the fool forever, since that which is now shall all be forgotten in the days to come. And how does the wise die above the fool!

For all his days are sorrows, and his labor sadness; yea, his heart does not take rest in the night. This is also vanity.

What profit does he have who works in that in which he labors?

I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God does it so that they fear before Him.

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he does not have another to help him.

And this also is a sore evil, that in all, as he came, so shall he go; and what profit does he have who has labored for the wind?

a man to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but a stranger eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

For there is not a just man on earth who does good and does not sin.

Do not be hasty to leave his presence. Do not take a stand in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him.

For he does not know what shall be; for who can tell him when it shall be?

Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days be made longer, yet surely I know that it shall be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him.

But it shall not be well with the wicked, nor shall he make his days longer like a shadow; because he does not fear before God.

All happens alike to all; there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him who sacrifices, and to him who does not sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner. He who swears is as he who fears an oath.

For man also does not know his time; as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.

If the iron is blunt, and he does not whet the edge, then he must put more strength to it. But wisdom is profitable to direct.

The labor of fools wearies him, because he does not know how to go to the city.