What does a man get for all his work, and for the weight of care with which he has done his work under the sun?

A time to take stones away and a time to get stones together; a time for kissing and a time to keep from kissing;

As he came from his mother at birth, so does he go again; he gets from his work no reward which he may take away in his hand.

Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.

And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.

Look! this I have seen, said the Preacher, taking one thing after another to get the true account,

There is a thing which is to no purpose done on the earth: that there are good men to whom is given the same punishment as those who are evil, and there are evil men who get the reward of the good. I say that this again is to no purpose.

Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, still he will be without knowledge.

He who gets out stones from the earth will be damaged by them, and in the cutting of wood there is danger.

He who is watching the wind will not get the seed planted, and he who is looking at the clouds will not get in the grain.