The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counselors they are established.

The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, are from the LORD.

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work.

Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.

Pleasant words are as a honey-comb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children is their fathers.

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

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

The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the well-spring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

The words of a tale-bearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit of it.

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.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honor, and life.

Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful food.

If thou forbearest to deliver them that are drawn to death, and those that are ready to be slain;

My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

The words of a tale-bearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.

A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?

The plant appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

For the transgression of a land many are its princes: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

If a ruler hearkeneth to lies, all his servants are wicked.

When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

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

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

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

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:

There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yes, four which I know not:

There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are very wise:

The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;

The conies are but a feeble people, yet they make their houses in the rocks;

There are three things which go well, yes, four are comely in going:

Give strong drink to him that is ready to perish, and wine to those that are of heavy hearts.

Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.

Strength and honor are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

All things are full of labor; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.

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.

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

For all his days are sorrows, and his labor grief; yes, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

I said in my heart concerning the state of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

All go to one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

Wherefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor.

For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perversion of judgment and justice in a province, wonder not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there are higher than they.

When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners of them, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?

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.

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

Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men who are in the city.

Also take no heed to all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:

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.

Though a sinner doeth evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet surely I know that it will be well with them that fear God, who fear before him:

But it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

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

For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes, 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 man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

Then said I, wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree falleth towards the south, or towards the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:

In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows shall be darkened,

The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.