A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good it is!

The LORD hath made all things for himself: yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Understanding is a well-spring of life to him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may reveal itself.

A man that hath friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.

He that hath pity upon the poor, lendeth to the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

Smite a scorner and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties:

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbor's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor man that hath understanding searcheth him out.

He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

The blood-thirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.

Who hath ascended into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?

The horse-leech hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yes, four things say not, It is enough:

What profit hath a man of all his labor, which he taketh under the sun?

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Is there any thing of which it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this grievous labor hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised with it.

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.

For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not labored in it, shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

For what hath man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart, in which he hath labored under the sun?

A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

What profit hath he that worketh in that in which he laboreth?

I have seen the labor, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

He hath made every thing beautiful in its time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yes, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

Yes, better is he than both they, who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yes, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labor, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yes, it is a grievous labor.

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him to rise.

When thou vowest a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath labored for the wind?

All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God.

A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

If a man begetteth a hundred children, and liveth many years, so that the days of his years are many, and his soul is not filled with good, and also that he hath no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.

Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.

Yes, though he liveth a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labor the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, hath now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labor which thou takest under the sun.

Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bed-chamber: for a bird of the air will carry the voice, and that which hath wings will tell the matter.

Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers; we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but my own vineyard have I not kept.

They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.

Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals of it are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?

But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

Now will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved concerning his vineyard. My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:

Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills trembled, and their carcasses were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thy iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Zion.

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shades of death, upon them hath the light shined.

The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.

As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images excelled them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his furniture.

They have gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul hath fled.

Sing to the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth.

That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the scepter of the rulers.

Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand.

For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.

For the cry hath gone round the borders of Moab, her howling to Eglaim, and her howling to Beer-elim.

This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.

But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.

Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.

The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst of it: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work of it, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.

And the land of Judah shall be a terror to Egypt, every one that maketh mention of it shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it.

And the LORD said, As my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Cush;

My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear to me.

For thus hath the Lord said to me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

And behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken to the ground.