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Show us favor, O Lord, show us favor! For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some.

Lo, we heard of the same at Ephrata, and found it in the wood.

Even the dark is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day: for dark and light are the same to you.

They who are lawless, shall fall into the nooses thereof, while, I, at the same time, pass on.

and he that is endued with understanding shall obtain wit to perceive a parable, and the interpretation thereof; the words of the wise, and the dark speeches of the same.

If they say—“Come with us!
Let’s set an ambush and kill someone.
Let’s attack some innocent person just for fun!

"Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!

He that winketh with his eye, will do some harm; but he that hath a foolish mouth shall be beaten.

The dread of the lawless one, the same, shall overtake him, but, the desire of the righteous, shall he granted.

There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

He that despiseth a matter, shall get pledged thereto, but, he that revereth a commandment, the same shall be recompensed.

He that winketh with his eyes, imagineth mischief; and he that biteth his lips, will do some harm.

realize that wisdom is the same for you.
If you find it, you will have a future,
and your hope will never fade.

Here are some more proverbs from wise people: It isn't good to show partiality in judgment.

Here are some more proverbs by Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, transcribed.

If you find some honey, eat only what you need. Take too much, and you'll vomit.

Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.


The words of a whisperer (gossip) are like dainty morsels [to be greedily eaten];
They go down into the innermost chambers of the body [to be remembered and mused upon].

With his lips the hater makes things seem what they are not, but deceit is stored up inside him;

Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.

Some people what an arrogant look they have! raise their eyebrows haughtily.

Some people have swords for teeth and knives for fangs to devour the afflicted from the earth and the needy from among mankind.

The lizard, with hands, reneweth its hold, - yet, the same, is in the palaces of the king.

A generation comes and a generation goes, but the earth remains the same through the ages.

That which hath been, is the same that shall be, and, that which hath been done, is the same that shall be done, - and there is, nothing new, under the sun.

And I gave my heart to seek and to search out, wisely, concerning all things which are done under the heavens, - the same, is the vexatious employment God hath given to the sons of men, to work toilsomely therein,

And I set my mind to know [practical] wisdom and to discern [the character of] madness and folly [in which men seem to find satisfaction]; I realized that this too is a futile grasping and chasing after the wind.

I explored with my mind how to gratify myself with wine while [at the same time] having my mind remain steady and guide me wisely; and how to take control of foolishness, until I could see what was good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.

{The wise man can see where he is walking}, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that both of them suffer the same fate.

So I said {to myself}, "{If I also suffer the same fate as the fool}, {what advantage is my great wisdom}?" So I said {to myself}, "This also [is] vanity!"

For there is no [more] lasting remembrance of the wise man than of the fool, since in the days to come all will be long forgotten. And how does the wise man die? Even as the fool!

I know, that, whatsoever God doeth, the same, shall be age-abiding, unto it, there is nothing to add, and, from it, there is nothing to take away, - and, God, hath done it, that men should stand in awe before him.

For the fate of {humans} and the fate of the beast is {the same}. The death of the one is like the death of the other, for {both are mortal}. Man has no advantage over the beast, for both are fleeting.

All are going to the same place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.

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.

or those riches perish by some evil circumstance, and if he have begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

When God giveth a man riches, goods and honour, so that he wanteth nothing of all that his heart can desire, and yet God giveth him not leave to enjoy the same, but another man spendeth them. This is a vain thing and a miserable plague.

And though he had lived a thousand years twice over, yet good he hath not seen; to the same place doth not every one go?

Never ask "Why does the past seem so much better than now?" because this question does not come from wisdom.

Behold, this I have found, says the Preacher, counting one by one, to find out the sum,

There is a thing which is to no purpose done on the earth: that there are good men to whom is given the same punishment as those who are evil, and there are evil men who get the reward of the good. I say that this again is to no purpose.

When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to see the activities [of mankind] that take place upon the earth—how some men seem to sleep neither day nor night—

The same fate [comes] to everyone: to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good and to the wicked, to the clean and to the unclean, to those who sacrifice and to those who do not sacrifice. As [with] the good [man], so also to the sinner; [as with] those who swear an oath, so [also] those who fear oaths.

This [is] the {injustice} that is done under the sun: the same fate [comes] to everyone. Also the hearts of {humans} are full [of] evil; delusion [is] in their hearts during their lives, and then they die.

Even this, had I seen of wisdom, under the sun, - and, of great import, was the same unto me: -

Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

Do not curse a king even in your thoughts, and do not curse the rich while in your bedroom; for a bird might report what you are thinking, or some winged creature might repeat your words.

In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand; for you do not know what shall be blessed, either this or that, or whether they both shall be fruitful in the same way.

The same preacher was not wise alone, but taught the people knowledge also: he gave good heed, sought out the ground and set forth many parables.

Look! It is Solomon's portable couch! It is surrounded by sixty warriors, some of Israel's mightiest warriors.

Your two breasts are like two young roes of the same birth, which take their food among the lilies.

Your two breasts are like two young roes of the same birth.

I would lead you, I would bring you to the house of my mother who used to teach me. I would give you some spiced wine to drink, from the juice of my pomegranates.

I am the same that waked thee up among the apple trees, where thy mother bare thee, where thy mother brought thee in to the world.

Thou that dwellest in the gardens, O let me hear thy voice, that my companions may hearken to the same.

If the Lord of armies had not kept some at least of us safe, we would have been like Sodom, and the fate of Gomorrah would have been ours.

And therefore get thee soon into some rock, and hide thee in the ground for the fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty:


Their arrows are sharp and all their bows are strung and bent;
Their horses’ hoofs seem like flint and their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.

And he said, Give ear now, O family of David: is it not enough that you are driving men to disgust? will you do the same to my God?

For at the same time shall the LORD whistle for the flies that are about the water of Egypt, and for the bees in the Assyrian land.

In the same day shall the Lord shave with a rasor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.

At the same time shall a man live with a cow, and two sheep.

And it shall some to pass in that day, that, every place wherein there used to be a thousand vines at a thousand pieces of silver, - yea, even for briars and thorns, shall it be.

He shall make no end to increase the kingdom and peace, and shall sit upon the seat of David and in his kingdom, to set up the same: to establish it with equity and righteousness, from thenceforth for evermore. This shall the jealousy of the LORD of hosts bring to pass.

The Lord sent a word into Jacob, the same is come into Israel.

And Jehovah cutteth off from Israel head and tail, Branch and reed -- the same day,

Then shall his burden be taken from thy shoulders, and his yoke from thy neck, yea the same yoke shall be corrupt for very fatness."

At the same time shall the LORD take in hand again, to conquer the remnant of his people which are left alive: From the Assyrians, Egyptians, Arabians, Ethiopians, Elamites, Chaldeans, Antiochians and Islands of the sea.

And Ziim have lain down there, And full have been their houses of howlings, And dwelt there have daughters of an ostrich, And goats do skip there.

All of them will respond and say to you, 'You yourself also were made weak like us! You have become the same as us!'

The same year that king Ahaz died, God threatened by Isaiah on this manner:

"Bring a plan, make a decision! Provide some shade in the middle of the day! Hide the fugitives! Do not betray the one who tries to escape!