Don't fret yourself because of evildoers; neither be envious of the wicked:

My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don't join those who are rebellious:

Don't be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don't deceive with your lips.

Don't say, "I will do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work."

Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

Don't exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place among great men;

Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

Debate your case with your neighbor, and don't betray the confidence of another;

Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

Don't answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.

When his speech is charming, don't believe him; for there are seven abominations in his heart.

Don't boast about tomorrow; for you don't know what a day may bring forth.

Don't forsake your friend and your father's friend. Don't go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster: better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.

Evil men don't understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.

The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down.

"Surely I am the most ignorant man, and don't have a man's understanding.

Don't you add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.

"Two things I have asked of you; don't deny me before I die:

"Don't slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.

"The leach has two daughters: 'Give, give.' "There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don't say, 'Enough:'

"There are three things which are too amazing for me, four which I don't understand:

"So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'

"If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, put your hand over your mouth.

Don't give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings.

The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.

That which has been is that which shall be; and that which has been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly: for what can the king's successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.

a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can't find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him.

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

Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Guard your steps when you go to God's house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don't know that they do evil.

Don't be rash with your mouth, and don't let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

When you vow a vow to God, don't defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

Don't allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don't protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?

If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don't marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.

Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don't all go to one place?

Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

Don't say, "Why were the former days better than these?" For you do not ask wisely about this.

Don't be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

Don't be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?

It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also from that don't withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will come forth from them all.

Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.

Also don't take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;

Don't be hasty to go out of his presence. Don't persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,

All this have I seen, and applied my mind to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another to his hurt.

There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. Again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes),

then I saw all the work of God, that man can't find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won't find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won't be able to find it.

This is an evil in all that is 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 the living know that they will die, but the dead don't know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.

Let your garments be always white, and don't let your head lack oil.

If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don't leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.

Don't curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; and don't curse the rich in your bedroom: for a bird of the sky may carry your voice, and that which has wings may tell the matter.

Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don't know what evil will be on the earth.

As you don't know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don't know the work of God who does all.

In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don't withhold your hand; for you don't know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.

Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

Don't stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother's sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven't kept my own vineyard.

If you don't know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds' tents.

As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, his fruit was sweet to my taste.

My beloved is white and ruddy. The best among ten thousand.

My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

I went down into the nut tree grove, to see the green plants of the valley, to see whether the vine budded, and the pomegranates were in flower.

Your mouth like the best wine, that goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding through the lips of those who are asleep.

The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib; but Israel doesn't know, my people don't consider."

"What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?," says Yahweh. "I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed animals. I don't delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats.

Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They don't judge the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

and I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin.

I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called 'The city of righteousness, a faithful town.'

Man is brought low, and mankind is humbled; therefore don't forgive them.

The lofty looks of man will be brought low, the haughtiness of men will be bowed down, and Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day.

The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day.

The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don't hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.

What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes, did it yield wild grapes?

Now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away its hedge, and it will be eaten up. I will break down its wall of it, and it will be trampled down.

For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah."

The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; but they don't respect the work of Yahweh, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.

Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of Yahweh of Armies, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

He said, "Go, and tell this people, 'You hear indeed, but don't understand; and you see indeed, but don't perceive.'

Tell him, 'Be careful, and keep calm. Don't be afraid, neither let your heart be faint because of these two tails of smoking torches, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

"Don't say, 'A conspiracy!' concerning all about which this people say, 'A conspiracy!' neither fear their threats, nor be terrorized.

Turn to the law and to the testimony! If they don't speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

"The bricks have fallen, but we will build with cut stone. The sycamore fig trees have been cut down, but we will put cedars in their place."

They will only bow down under the prisoners, and will fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people who anger me will I give him a command to take the spoil and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?

For he has said, "By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding: and I have removed the boundaries of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures. Like a valiant man I have brought down their rulers.

Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, says "My people who dwell in Zion, don't be afraid of the Assyrian, though he strike you with the rod, and lift up his staff against you, as Egypt did.

Behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will lop the boughs with terror. The tall will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought low.

He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.

The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat; The calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf together; and a little child will lead them.

The cow and the bear will graze. Their young ones will lie down together. The lion will eat straw like the ox.

The nursing child will play near a cobra's hole, and the weaned child will put his hand on the viper's den.