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So I considered those who are dead and gone more fortunate than those who are still alive.

Verse ConceptsWeariness Of LifeDesire For DeathDyingLoss Of A Loved One

When someone's prosperity increases, those who consume it also increase; so what does its owner gain, except that he gets to see it with his eyes?

Verse ConceptsGrowth In WealthFinancesFamily ProblemsWealth And ProsperitySaving Money

It is better for a person to receive a rebuke from those who are wise than to listen to the song of fools.

Verse ConceptsReproving PeopleWise Man Or FoolFoolscriticismrebuking

Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing; it benefits those who see the light of day.

Verse ConceptsReceiving An InheritanceBenefits Of WisdomWisdom

Everyone shares the same fate -- the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad, the ceremonially clean and unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. What happens to the good person, also happens to the sinner; what happens to those who make vows, also happens to those who are afraid to make vows.

Verse ConceptsApparent InjusticeNot Swearing OathsClean And Unclean

Again, I observed this on the earth: the race is not always won by the swiftest, the battle is not always won by the strongest; prosperity does not always belong to those who are the wisest, wealth does not always belong to those who are the most discerning, nor does success always come to those with the most knowledge -- for time and chance may overcome them all.

Verse ConceptsBattlesCompetitionsBeing FairBrawnChanceLimitations Of StrengthSpeedFast RunnersGathering FoodEducationSunGod's TimingBattleGods TimingRaceGod's Timing And Planheroes

when those who keep watch over the house begin to tremble, and the virile men begin to stoop over, and the grinders begin to cease because they grow few, and those who look through the windows grow dim,

Verse ConceptsFeeblenessDimness Of VisionDentistryTeethLooking Through WindowsTremblingGrinding FoodEyes HarmedFew ThingsGrowingWeather In The Last Days