As for the people that have been before him, and that come after him, they are innumerable: yet is not their joy the greater through him. This is also a vain thing and a vexation of mind. (v17) When thou comest into the house of God, keep thy foot and draw nigh, that thou mayest hear: that is better than the offerings of fools, for they know not what evil they do

Through slothfulness the balks fall down, and through idle hands it raineth in at the house.

For the words of the wise are like pricks and nails that go through, wherewith men are kept together: for they are given of one shepherd only.