All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; to the place from where the rivers come, there they return again.

And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them; I did not withhold my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor, and this was my part of all my labor.

For what has man from all his labor, and from the troubling of his heart, in which he has labored under the sun?

Is it not good that he should eat and drink and make his soul see good in his labor? This I also saw, that it was from the hand of God.

For who can eat, or who can enjoy, apart from me?

a time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

He has made everything beautiful in His time; also He has set eternity in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God makes from the beginning to the end.

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.

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he has neither son nor brother; yet there is no end to all his labor; and his eyes are not satisfied with riches; and he says, For whom do I labor and take good from my soul? This is also vanity. Yes, it is an evil business.

As he came forth from his mother's womb naked, he shall return to go as he came. And from his labor he may not carry anything that may go in his hand.

It is good that you should take hold of this; yea, also from this do not withdraw your hand; for he who fears God shall come forth from all of them.

All this I have proved by wisdom; I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

and I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands like bands. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.

And so I saw the wicked buried, and they came and went from the holy place. And they were forgotten in the city, these things that they had done. This is also vanity.

There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like a sin which comes from a ruler's presence;

Therefore remove vexation from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for childhood and prime of life are vanity.

The words of the wise are like goads; yes, their collected words are like nails driven home; they are given from one Shepherd.