There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end of it is the ways of death.

In all labor there is gain, but the talk of the lips tends only to poverty.

There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end of it is the ways of death.

Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, since he has no heart for it?

A man who has friends may be broken up, but there is a Lover who sticks closer than a brother.

Chasten your son while there is hope, and do not set your soul on making him die.

There are many purposes in a man's heart, but the counsel of Jehovah shall stand.

There is gold and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Jehovah.

The lazy one says, There is a lion outside; I shall be killed in the streets.

The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; those despised by Jehovah shall fall there.

For surely there is a hereafter, and your hope shall not be cut off.

For by wise counsel you shall make your war; and in a multitude of wise men there is safety.

so shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul; when you have found it, then there shall be a reward, and your hope shall not be cut off.

for there shall not be a hereafter to the evil; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the refiner.

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

The lazy one says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no talebearer, the fighting ceases.

When the righteous rejoice, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.

A man who hardens his neck when reproved shall be suddenly broken, and there will be no healing.

In the sin of an evil man there is a snare; but the righteous sings and rejoices.

If a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether he rages or laughs, there is no rest.

Where there is no vision, the people perish; but he who keeps the law, he is blessed.

Do you see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother.

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their own filth.

There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaw teeth like knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

There are three things which go well in a march, yea, four that go well in walking:

All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; to the place from where the rivers come, there they return again.

That which has been is that which shall be; and that which has been done is that which shall be done; and there is nothing new under the sun.

Is there a thing of which it may be said, See, this is new? It has already been in days of old, which were before us.

There is no memory of former things, and also no memory of after things which shall be; for neither shall be a remembrance of them with those who will be at the afterwards.

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit; and there is no profit under the sun.

For there is no memory of the wise more than of the fool forever, since that which is now shall all be forgotten in the days to come. And how does the wise die above the fool!

When there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and with success; yet to a man who has not labored in it, he shall leave it for his share. This also is vanity and a great evil.

To every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the heavens:

I know that there is no good in them, but to rejoice and to do good in his life.

And again I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

Therefore I have seen that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion; for who can bring him to see what shall be after him?

So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold the tears of the oppressed ones, and they had no comforter! And on the side of those who oppressed them there was power, but they had no comforter.

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he has neither son nor brother; yet there is no end to all his labor; and his eyes are not satisfied with riches; and he says, For whom do I labor and take good from my soul? This is also vanity. Yes, it is an evil business.

There is no end of all the people, of all who have been before them; they also who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, do not marvel at the matter. For He who is higher than the highest watches; and there are some higher than they.

There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for their owners to their hurt.

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is great among men:

For there are many things that increase vanity, and what is man the better?

All things I have seen in the days of my vanity; there is a just one who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked one who prolongs life in his wickedness.

For there is not a just man on earth who does good and does not sin.

Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great on him.

There is no man who has power over the spirit to keep the spirit; nor power in the day of death; and there is no discharge in that war; nor shall wickedness deliver its owners.

All this I have seen, and I gave my heart to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man rules over another to his own hurt.

There is a vanity which is done on the earth: There are just ones to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked ones to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

All happens alike to all; there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him who sacrifices, and to him who does not sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner. He who swears is as he who fears an oath.

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event to all. Yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

For whoever is chosen, to all those living, there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave where you go.

There was a little city, and few men in it; and a great king came against it and besieged it, and built huge bulwarks against it.

There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like a sin which comes from a ruler's presence;

If the clouds are full of rain, they empty on the earth; and if the tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it shall be.

in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men are bowed, and the grinders cease because there are few, and those who look out of the windows are darkened,

Your neck is like the tower of David built for an armory, on which there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

There are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and virgins without number.

Let us rise up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flowers, whether the tender grape appears, and the pomegranates bud forth; there I will give You my loves.

Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her Beloved? I awakened you under the apple tree; there your mother travailed with you; there she travailed and bore you.

From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it; only a wound and a stripe and a fresh blow; they have not been closed, nor bound up, nor soothed with oil.

And their land is full of silver and gold. There is no end of their treasures and their land is full of horses; nor an end of their chariots.

in that day he shall swear, saying, I will not be a healer; there is no bread nor a cloak in my house. You shall not make me a ruler of the people.

And it shall be, instead of sweet smell, there shall be an odor of decay; and instead of a sash, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a rich robe, a wrapping of sackcloth; burning instead of beauty.

And there shall be a booth for a shade by day from the heat, and for a refuge, and for a hiding place from storm and rain.

And it shall be, in that day every place where there were a thousand vines, worth a thousand pieces of silver, it shall even be for briers and thorns.

With arrows and with the bow men shall come there, because all the land shall become briers and thorns.

And all hills which were hoed with the hoe, you shall not come there for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending out of the ox, and for the trampling of sheep.

Yet there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish, as in the former time. He degraded the land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali, so afterwards He will glorify the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the nations.

There is no end of the increase of His government and peace on the throne of David, and on His kingdom, to order it and to establish it with judgment and with justice from now on, even forever. The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts will do this.

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

And in that day there shall be the Root of Jesse standing for a banner of the people; to Him the nations shall seek; and His resting place shall be glorious.

And there shall be a highway for the remnant of His people, those left from Assyria; as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.

It shall never be inhabited forever, nor shall it be lived in from generation to generation; nor shall the Arabian pitch his tent there; nor shall the shepherds make their flocks lie down there.

But the wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of howling creatures; and ostriches shall dwell there, and he-goats shall dance there.

For the waters of Nimrim are desolation; for the hay has dried up and the grass fails, there is no green thing.

And gladness and joy are gathered out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there is no singing and no shouting. The treader shall tread out no wine in the presses; I have made their shouting to cease.

In that day there shall be an altar to Jehovah in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at its border to Jehovah.

In that day there shall be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and Assyria shall come into Egypt, and Egypt into Assyria, and Egypt shall serve with Assyria.

And he who lives in this coast shall say in that day, Behold, this has become of our hope to which we fled for help there, to be delivered from before the king of Assyria; and, How shall we escape?

Whirling, He will whirl you like a ball into a large country; there you shall die, and there are the chariots of your glory, the shame of your lord's house.

The burden against Tyre: Howl, ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in. From the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.

Pass through your land like a river, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no more strength.

And He said, You shall rejoice no more, O crushed one, virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, pass over to Chittim; also there you shall have no rest.

Yet the fortified city shall be wasted, and the dwelling forsaken and left like a wilderness; there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down and eat up its branches.

For precept must be on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little;

But the Word of Jehovah was to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken and snared and taken.

Then I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow; and it shall be to me as Ariel.

And He shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces. He shall have no pity, so that there shall not be found in the breaking of it a shard to take fire from the hearth, or to take water out of the pit.

And there shall be on every high mountain, and on every high hill, rivers, streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.

But there the glorious Jehovah will be to us a place of broad rivers and streams, in which no galley with oars shall go, nor shall mighty ship pass by it.

They shall call its nobles to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her rulers shall be nothing.

The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the howling beasts; and the shaggy goat shall cry to his fellow. The screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.