So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;
Greed takes away the lives of its possessors.

Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:

From such as leave the high street, and walk in the ways of darkness;

Upon {such a man}, suddenly shall his calamity come; in a moment he will be damaged and there is no healing.

a false witness that bringeth up lies, and such one as soweth discord among brethren.

Because, for the sake of an impure woman, a man may be brought even to a cake of bread, - and, a man's wife, for a precious soul, may hunt!

He getteth himself also shame and dishonour, such as shall never be put out.

Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

All of them, shall be plain, to them who would understand, and just, to such as would gain knowledge.

I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

A foolish restless woman, full of words, and such one as hath no knowledge,

to call such as go by, and walk straight in their ways.

A fool doth wickedly and maketh but a sport of it; nevertheless it is wisdom for a man to beware of such.

If someone puts up security for a stranger,
he will suffer for it,
but the one who hates such agreements is protected.

They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

The desire of the righteous is to seek good, but the hope of the wicked results in wrath.

A righteous person will seek out his neighbor, but the way of the wicked will lead them astray.

Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles,
But he who gathers gradually by [honest] labor will increase [his riches].

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

In the mouth of the foolish is the boasting of lordship; but the lips of the wise will beware of such.

An unfaithful person shall be filled with his own ways; but a good man will beware of such.

They that imagine wickedness, shall be disappointed; but they that muse upon good things, unto such shall happen mercy and faithfulness.

The heart of him who understands will seek knowledge, but the faces of fools, they will feed on folly.

The LORD doth all things for his own sake; yea, and when he keepeth the ungodly for the day of wrath.

An evil person will seek only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

For an object of desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth.

An intelligent {mind} will acquire knowledge, and the ear of the wise will seek knowledge.

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city; And'such contentions are like the bars of a castle.

Many will seek favor before the generous, and everyone [is] the friend of a man of gifts.

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; and take a pledge of him for the unknown man's sake.

Blows that wound clean away evil; such beatings cleanse the innermost being.

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

Spears and snares are in the way of the froward; but he that will keep his soul, let him flee from such.

Take not over great travail and labour to be rich, beware of such a purpose.

As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears,
for it makes wings for itself
and flies like an eagle to the sky.

for such as be drunkards and riotous shall come to poverty, and he that is given to much sleep, shall go with a ragged coat.

They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

Deliver thou such as are being led forth to death, and, them who are tottering to slaughter, oh that thou wouldst hold back!

Thus know wisdom for [the sake of] your soul, if you find [it], then there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

If you find honey, eat only what you need;
otherwise, you’ll get sick from it and vomit.

Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house;
otherwise, he’ll get sick of you and hate you.

It is not good to eat much honey,
Nor is it glorious to seek one’s own glory.

A man of experience discerneth all things well, but whoso hireth a fool, hireth such one as will take no heed.

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for the unknown man's sake.

They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.

Where the prince is without understanding, there is great oppression and wrong; but if he be such one as hateth covetousness, he shall long reign.

He that giveth unto the poor, shall not want; but he that turneth away his eyes from such as be in necessity, shall suffer great poverty himself.

The righteous man cares for the rights of the poor,
But the wicked man has no interest in such knowledge.

The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.

Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.

Every saying of God is refined, A shield, is, he, to them who seek refuge in him.

the way of the eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man with a young woman.

Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

If thou be so foolish to magnify thyself, or meddlest with any such thing, then lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

Lest they being drunken forget the law, and regard not the cause of the poor, and of all such as be in adversity.

Give strong drink, to him that is perishing, and wine, to such as are embittered in soul:

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

She openeth her hand to the poor, yea she stretcheth forth her hands to such as have need

She makes for herself coverlets, cushions, and rugs of tapestry.
Her clothing is linen, pure and fine, and purple [wool].

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

Then turned I me to consider wisdom, error and foolishness: for what is he among men, that might be compared to me the king in such work?

For who knoweth, whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? And yet shall he be lord of all my labours, which I with such wisdom have taken under the Sun. Is not this a vain thing?

So I turned me to refrain my mind from all such travail, as I took under the Sun:

a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

Whatever exists now has already been, and whatever will be has already been; for God will seek to do again what has occurred in the past.

I also thought to myself, "It is for the sake of people, so God can clearly show them that they are like animals.

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 judged those that are dead, to be more happy than such as be alive.

There is one man, no more but himself alone, having neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of his careful travail, his eyes cannot be satisfied with riches. Yet, doth he not remember himself, and say, "For whom do I take such travail? For whose pleasure do I thus consume away my life?" This is also a vain and miserable thing.

If thou seest the poor to be oppressed and wrongfully dealt withal, so that equity and the right of the law is wrested in the land: marvel not thou at such judgment, for one great man keepeth touch with another, and the mighty help themselves together.

There is an evil making sick I saw under the sun: riches watched to its owners for their evil.

And also this an evil making sick, wholly as he came so shall he go: and what to him he shall labor for the wind?

Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.

Good is wisdom, with an inheritance, - and a profit, to such as see the sun.

When times are good, be joyful; when times are bad, consider this: God made the one as well as the other, so people won't seek anything outside of his best.

These two things also have I considered in the time of vanity: that the just man perisheth for his righteousness' sake, and the ungodly liveth in his wickedness.

There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.

I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:

Behold - sayeth the preacher - this have I diligently searched out and proved, that I might come by knowledge: which as yet I seek, and find it not.

Among the things I seek but have not found: one man among a thousand I did find, but I have not found one woman to be wise among all these.

I have discovered only this: God made human beings for righteousness, but they seek many alternatives."

I pray thee, the commandment of a king keep, even for the sake of the oath of God.

All this, had I seen, and tried to apply my heart to every work which was done under the sun, - at such time as one man had power over another man, to his hurt.

And I have also seen the wicked buried and going away; and such as had acted rightly went from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city. This also is vanity.

And so I applied my mind to learn wisdom, and to know the travail that is in the world; and that of such a fashion that I suffered not my eyes to sleep neither day nor night.

Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

For all these things purposed I in my mind to seek out. The righteous and wise, yea and their servants also are in the hand of God: and there is no man that knoweth either love or hate, but all things are before them.

And in the city there was found a poor man - but he was wise - which with his wisdom delivered the city: yet was there no body, that had any respect for such a simple man.

If, the spirit of a ruler, riseth up against thee, thy place, do not leave, for gentleness, pacifieth such as have greatly erred.

Through indolence the rafters sag, and through slackness the house leaks.

Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, and do not curse the rich even in your own bedroom, for a bird of the sky may carry your voice; a winged messenger may repeat your words.

Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.

Till the evening comes, and the sky slowly becomes dark, come, my loved one, and be like a roe on the mountains of Bether.

I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

Till the evening comes, and the sky slowly becomes dark, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.

(The Chorus)
“What is your beloved more than another beloved,
O most beautiful among women?
What is your beloved more than another beloved,
That you should so command us to take an oath?”