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The heart of him that hath understanding will neither despair for any sorrow; nor be too presumptuous for any sudden joy.

Verse ConceptsNature Of The HeartFamily ProblemsBitternessGrateful HeartA Broken Heartcancergrieving

He that loveth strife, delighteth in sin; and whoso setteth his door too high, seeketh after a fall.

Verse ConceptsdisagreementsLove, Abuse OfWorldly AmbitionDissensionContentiousnessQuarrelsSelf ExaltationLoving Evil

The heritage that cometh too hastily at the first, shall not be praised at the end.

Verse ConceptsBeginningReceiving An InheritanceInheritanceMoney Blessings

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

Verse ConceptsBooksProverbsSolomon, Character OfCopies Of DocumentsWise Proverbsjournaling

Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.

Verse ConceptsExcessSelf DenialDietsOverweightObesityHoneyMore Than EnoughCandyovereating

The slacker buries his hand in the bowl;
he is too weary to bring it to his mouth.

Verse ConceptsSluggardsPots For Cooking And Eating

He that is too hasty to praise his neighbour above measure, shall be taken as one that giveth him an evil report.

Verse ConceptsPraying LoudlyIn The MorningPeople BlessingEarly RisingBest FriendsHaving A Good Daycurses

He that will be rich all too soon, hath an evil eye; and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

Verse ConceptsPoverty, Causes OfThriftCovetousness, Results InEvil EyesLotteriesBettingStingy PeopleGetting RichGreedSaving Money


Surely I am more brutish and stupid than any man,
And I do not have the understanding of a man [for I do not know what I do not know].

Verse ConceptsSelf AbasementFoolish Peopleignorance

Otherwise, I might have too much
and deny You, saying, “Who is the Lord?”
or I might have nothing and steal,
profaning the name of my God.

Verse ConceptsIrreverenceDenying GodProfaning God's NameShortagesWho Is God?The poorBeing Contentdenial

Speak not too much about a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

Verse ConceptsInjuryServanthood, In SocietySlanderSlavescriticismgossipingaccusations

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

Verse ConceptsAmazingThree Or Foursurprises

I applied my mind to know wisdom and knowledge, madness and folly; I learned that this too is a pursuit of the wind.

Verse ConceptsStudying InsanityUseless Endeavour

I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure. So enjoy yourself.” And behold, it too was futility.

Verse ConceptsVanitySoliloquyUseless EndeavourBeing Happy And Enjoying Lifejournaling

And nothing which was desired by my eyes did I keep from them; I did not keep any joy from my heart, because my heart took pleasure in all my work, and this was my reward.

Verse ConceptsEvil EyesReward For WorksSelf LoveBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Life

Then I said to myself, “As is the fate of the fool, it will also befall me. Why then have I been extremely wise?” So I said to myself, “This too is vanity.”

Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateUseless EndeavourWise Man Or Foolfate

And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will take over all my work that I labored at skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.

Verse ConceptsUseless EndeavourUnder The SunWise Man Or Fool

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor which I took under the sun.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunDespair

When there is a man whose work was done with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great wrong.

Verse ConceptsBad SituationsUseless EndeavourWisdomTragedySuccess And Hard WorkEnjoying LifelegacyhardworkFutility Of Worldly Pursuits

For all his days are filled with grief, and his occupation is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.

Verse ConceptsInsomnia, Causes OfUnrestUseless Endeavour

For to the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God’s sight. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Verse ConceptsWealthBeing A BlessingEnjoyment, Lack OfBeing BlessedPromised JoyUseless EndeavourGod Judges The WickedPeople With KnowledgeGod Gives WisdomWisdomWisdom And GuidanceSaving Moneystriving

Then I looked again and considered all the acts of oppression that were being practiced under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them.

Verse ConceptsOppression, Examples OfComfortless LivesWeariness Of LifeOppressorsNo ComfortUnder The Sunoppressionoverworking

I saw that all labor and all skillful work is due to a man’s jealousy of his friend. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Verse ConceptsVanityUseless EndeavourMotivationSuccess And Hard WorkCompetitionaccomplishmentsaccomplishmenthardworkstriving

There is a person without a companion, without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches. “So who am I struggling for,” he asks, “and depriving myself from good?” This too is futile and a miserable task.

Verse ConceptsEnjoyment, Lack OfAffluenceDiscontentPhysical LabourBeing UnsatisfiedUseless EndeavourToiling In VainFamily And Friends

There is no limit to all the people who were before them, yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Verse ConceptsVanityUseless Endeavour

Guard your steps and focus on what you are doing as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the [careless or irreverent] sacrifice of fools; for they are too ignorant to know they are doing evil.

Verse ConceptsFormalityGod's DwellingThe Work Of FoolsCare Of FeetSacrificeFoolsGoing To ChurchListening To GodfootstepsbehaviorevangelisingGuarding Yourself

This too is a sickening tragedy: exactly as he comes, so he will go. What does the one gain who struggles for the wind?

Verse ConceptsBad SituationsPhysical LabourLife And DeathTragedy

Better what the eyes see than wandering desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Verse ConceptsUseless EndeavourThe Faculty Of SightFocusstrivingwanderingFutility Of Worldly Pursuits

for like the crackling of burning thorns under the pot,
so is the laughter of the fool.
This too is futile.

Verse ConceptsVanityThornsUseless EndeavourWeedpot

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

Verse ConceptsEuthanasiaEarly DeathFools Becoming WiseDeathAssisted Suicide

Obey the king's command, because you took an oath before God to be loyal to him.

Verse ConceptsCivic DutiesCitizenshipSwearing OathsObeying People

In such circumstances, I saw the wicked buried. They came and went from the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they did so. This too is futile.

Verse ConceptsOblivionVanityUseless EndeavourBurying places

There is a futility that is done on the earth: there are righteous people who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked people who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.

Verse ConceptsVanityUseless EndeavourProsperity Of The WickedThe Righteous PerishingTaking Care Of The Earth

All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.

Verse ConceptsGod's HandHateGodly ManEverything Happening For A Reasonaccomplishmentsaccomplishment

Every one, was like every one else, one destiny, had the righteous and the lawless, the good and the pure and the impure, and he that sacrificed, and he that did not sacrifice, - as the good man, so, the sinner, he that took an oath, as he who, of an oath, stood in fear.

Verse ConceptsApparent InjusticeNot Swearing OathsClean And Unclean

Folly placed in great dignity, - while, the rich, in a low place, took their seat:

Verse ConceptsThe Work Of FoolsDrawbacks To RichesFoolsBeing GayGay Marriagedignity

The fool {talks too much}, for no one knows what will be. Who can tell anyone what will happen {in the future}?

Verse ConceptsMultiplyingWithheld KnowledgeUnknown FutureToo Many Words

As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my loved one among the sons. I took my rest under his shade with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

He took me to the house of wine, and his flag over me was love.

I was but a little way from them, when I came face to face with him who is the love of my soul. I took him by the hands, and did not let him go, till I had taken him into my mother's house, and into the room of her who gave me birth.

The watchmen that went about the city found me; They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

(The Chorus)“Where has your beloved gone,
O most beautiful among women?
Where is your beloved hiding himself,
That we may seek him with you?”

There are sixty queens and eighty mistresses, and too many young women to count,

Oh that you were my brother, who took milk from my mother's breasts! When I came to you in the street, I would give you kisses; yes, I would not be looked down on.

if I took thee, and brought thee into my mother's house - that thou mightest teach me, and that I might give thee drink of spiced wine and of the sweet sap of my pomegranates.

Your new moons and your appointed feasts, my soul, hateth, - They have become unto me a burden I am too weary to bear:

Verse ConceptsLimitednessGod, Patience OfHatredPrayerlessnessFestivals DisregardedGod Growing WearyCelebrationtiredcelebrating

But thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they go far beyond the east countries in Sorcerers - who they have as the Philistines had - and in calkers of men's births, whereof they have too many.

Verse ConceptsAbandoning FriendsAbandonmentDivination, Practiced ByJacob, The PatriarchPagansSyncretismOut Of The EastRelations With ForeignersAliens

The look on their faces testifies to their guilt; like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. Too bad for them! For they bring disaster on themselves.

Verse ConceptsSodom And GomorrahFruits Of SinDisfigurement Of SinCountenanceExpressions On FacesSin Made KnownHarming OneselfWoe To Israel And JerusalemAppearances of

And after working the earth of it with a spade, he took away its stones, and put in it a very special vine; and he put up a watchtower in the middle of it, hollowing out in the rock a place for the grape-crushing; and he was hoping that it would give the best grapes, but it gave common grapes.

Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsFortsExcavationWineskins And Vats

Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the Lord who commands armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got -- disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got -- cries for help!

Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalGod, Will OfHorticultureNeglectOppression, Examples OfMetaphorical VineyardsKilling The InnocentOutcryGardens

And one from the seraphs will fly to me, and in his hand a hot stone, he took with the tongs from off the altar:

Verse ConceptsPurity, Moral And SpiritualWingsCoal, Metaphorical UseThose FlyingPurgatory

And he will touch upon my mouth, and say, Behold, this touched upon thy lips; and took away thine iniquity, and thy sin shall be covered.

Verse ConceptsGuilt, Removal OfLipsSin, Deliverance From GodTouchCoal, Uses OfPurgingTouching For HealingOther References To Mouths

This took place during the reign of Ahaz, son of Jotham, son of Uzziah king of Judah: Rezin king of Aram, along with Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, waged war against Jerusalem, but he could not succeed.

Verse ConceptsList Of Kings Of IsraelTimes Of People

The head of Aram is Damascus,
the head of Damascus is Rezin
(within 65 years
Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people),

Verse ConceptsThe Prophecy Towards DamascusPeople Passing Away50 To 70 YearsNorthern Kingdom Of Israelsyriadamascus

Then he said, "Hear, house of David! [Is it] too little for you to make men weary, that you should also make my God weary?

Verse ConceptsGod, Patience OfGod Growing Weary

At that time, the LORD will hire a barber to come from beyond the Euphrates River that is, the king of Assyria and he will shave your heads, your leg hair, and your beards, too.

Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseBarbersBaldnessBeardsHairsHiringLegsShavingRazorsThe Hair Of The BodyTrimming Facial HairCutting HairBeyond The EuphratesHair

And Jehovah saith unto me, 'Take to thee a great tablet, and write upon it with a graving tool of man, To haste spoil, enjoy prey.'

Verse ConceptsPensScrollsTabletsWritingSpeedAlphabetMaking The Message Clear

And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples OfReliability

Indeed this is what the Lord told me. He took hold of me firmly and warned me not to act like these people:

Verse ConceptsBattlesdiscipline, divineHand Of GodEvil AssociationsNot Imitating EvilConspiracypressure

For this cause the Lord took away from Israel head and tail, high and low, in one day.

Verse ConceptsBeheadingA Short TimeTailsShort Time For ActionHead As ChiefFake Friends

So the sovereign master was not pleased with their young men, he took no pity on their orphans and widows; for the whole nation was godless and did wicked things, every mouth was speaking disgraceful words. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.

Verse ConceptsOrphansSin, Nature OfWidowsDecadenceGod's HandVirtues Of Young PeopleGod's Hands Stretched OutLack Of RejoicingNot Helping WidowsHypocrisy

For evil was burning like a fire; the blackberries and thorns were burned up; the thick woods took fire, rolling up in dark clouds of smoke.

Verse ConceptsForestsBriersDebaucheryThornsFruits Of SinFire Of Evil

On the right a man was cutting off bits and was still in need; on the left a man took a meal but had not enough; no man had pity on his brother; every man was making a meal of the flesh of his neighbour.

Verse ConceptsStomachs

At that time the Lord will remove their burden from your shoulders, and their yoke from your neck; the yoke will be taken off because your neck will be too large.

Verse ConceptsAnointingFatnessAnointing With OilCivil LibertyYokesShouldersRemoving BurdensRemoving People From Your LifeBreaking Chainsliberation

And peoples took them and brought them to their place, and the house of Israel inherited them upon the land of Jehovah for servants and for maids: and they were captives to those having been made captives, and they came down upon those pressing them.

Verse ConceptsStrangers in israel

They all respond to you, saying:
“You too have become as weak as we are;
you have become like us!

Verse ConceptsBecoming Like People

In that day your towns will be like the waste places of the Hivites and the Amorites which the children of Israel took for a heritage, and they will come to destruction.

Verse ConceptsEmpty Cities

For before the harvest, when the flower was completed, and the sour grape shall be ripening in the flower, and he cut off the shoots with pruning-hooks, and cutting off he took away the tendrils.

Verse ConceptsPruningKnivesToolsCutting Off Branches

In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, (and he fought against Ashdod and took it,)

Verse ConceptsOther Times

Those who put their hope in Cush and took pride in Egypt will be afraid and embarrassed.

Verse ConceptsAfricaexpectations

Therefore I am filled with anguish.
Pain grips me, like the pain of a woman in labor.
I am too perplexed to hear,
too dismayed to see.

Verse ConceptsAgony, Of BodyBodyPunishment, Nature OfLabour Pains

Elam took up a quiver
with chariots and horsemen,
and Kir uncovered the shield.

Verse ConceptsQuiversThings Stripped

And your most fertile valleys were full of war-carriages, and the horsemen took up their positions in front of the town.

Verse ConceptsGatesChariotsWaiting At GatesRiding HorsesAttacks On Jerusalem Foretold

And he took away the covering of Judah; and thou didst look in that day to the armor in the house of the forest.

Verse ConceptsArmoryGod Stripping People