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Do not be excessively righteous [like those given to self-conceit], and do not be overly wise (pretentious)—why should you bring yourself to ruin?

Verse ConceptsBalance In LifeDestroying OneselfFalse WisdomRighteousnessHolier Than ThouBeing YourselfWork EthicEthicsactingplagiarismoverworking

The words of a wise person win him favor, but the words of a fool are self-destructive.

Verse ConceptsFools

Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobility, and your princes feast at the proper time -- with self-control and not in drunkenness.

Verse ConceptsBad LeadershipAlcoholBeing A LeaderDigestionRight Time For PeopleFamily Strength

I thought to myself, "Come now, I will try self-indulgent pleasure to see if it is worthwhile." But I found that it also is futile.

Verse ConceptsVanitySoliloquyUseless EndeavourBeing Happy And Enjoying Lifejournaling

I said of partying, "It is folly," and of self-indulgent pleasure, "It accomplishes nothing!"

Verse ConceptsAmusements, Evil ResultsStudying InsanityFun

Use thy self to live joyfully with thy wife whom thou lovest, all the days of thy life which is but vanity, that God hath given thee under the Sun; all the days of thy vanity. For that is thy portion in this life, of all thy labor and travail that thou takest under the Sun.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunLife StrugglesSunFinding LoveGetting Through Hard TimesBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying LifespousehardworkThe Love Of Women

It is better to focus on what you can see than to meander after your self-interest; this also is pointless and a chasing after wind.

Verse ConceptsUseless EndeavourThe Faculty Of SightFocusstrivingwanderingFutility Of Worldly Pursuits

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