All the streams flow to the sea, but the sea is never full; to the place where the streams flow, there they continue to flow.

{The wise man can see where he is walking}, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that both of them suffer the same fate.

So I said {to myself}, "{If I also suffer the same fate as the fool}, {what advantage is my great wisdom}?" So I said {to myself}, "This also [is] vanity!"

Certainly no one will remember the wise man or the fool in {future generations}. When [future] days come, both will have been forgotten already. How [is it that] the wise man dies the same as the fool?

{The fool refuses to work with his hands, so he has nothing to eat except his own skin}!

Better [is] one handful with peace than two fists full with toil and chasing wind.

For a dream comes with many cares, and the voice of a fool with many words.

Surely oppression makes a fool of the wise, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

Do not act excessively wicked, and do not be a fool, lest you die before your time.

This [is] the {injustice} that is done under the sun: the same fate [comes] to everyone. Also the hearts of {humans} are full [of] evil; delusion [is] in their hearts during their lives, and then they die.

The heart of the wise [inclines] to his right, but the heart of the fool [inclines] to his left.

Even when the fool walks along the road, he lacks sense; he tells everyone [that] he is a fool.

The fool is set in many high places, but the rich sit in lowly places.

Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. Whoever breaks through a wall, a snake will bite him.

The wise man [wins] favor by the words of his mouth, but the fool is devoured by his own lips.

The fool {talks too much}, for no one knows what will be. Who can tell anyone what will happen {in the future}?

The fool is so worn out by a hard day's work {he cannot even find his way home at night}.

When the clouds are full, they empty rain on the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or whether it falls to the north, the place where the tree falls--there it will be.

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth! Follow the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes-- but know that God will bring you into judgment for all these things.

The Teacher was full of wisdom, and he taught the people with knowledge. He carefully considered many proverbs and carefully arranged them.