Then I saw that wisdom excels folly as far as light excels darkness.

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth. Therefore let thy words be few.

For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God. No man understands, either love or hatred. All is before them.

Let thy garments be always white, and let not thy head lack oil.

Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.

Yea, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes. But know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgmen

before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,