That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;

I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of every kind of fruit;

I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood, where the trees are reared.

He hath made everything beautiful in its time; also he hath set the world in their heart, so that man findeth not out from the beginning to the end the work that God doeth.

That which is hath already been named; and what man is, is known, and that he cannot contend with him that is mightier than he.

Vexation is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad, and a gift destroyeth the heart.

Consider the work of God; for who can make straight what he hath made crooked?

Only see this which I have found: that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.

Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.

A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh life merry; but money answereth everything.