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

And whatever my eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor: and this was my portion of all my labor.

There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

He hath made every thing beautiful in its time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

I know that, whatever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be added to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

It is good that thou shouldst take hold of this; yes, also from this withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God shall escape from them all.

All this have I 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 as bands: whoever pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

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

The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.