All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! ...

A man's good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.

He who keeps the law keeps his soul; but death will be the fate of him who takes no note of the word.

He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.

A man of great wrath will have to take his punishment: for if you get him out of trouble you will have to do it again.

When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.

The wrath of a king is like the loud cry of a lion: he who makes him angry does wrong against himself.

An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him!

Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.

He who goes about talking of the business of others gives away secrets: so have nothing to do with him whose lips are open wide.

The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.

Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.

The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.

The eyes of the Lord keep knowledge, but by him the acts of the false man will be overturned.

Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:

Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.

Give him blows with the rod, and keep his soul safe from the underworld

The father of the upright man will be glad, and he who has a wise child will have joy because of him.

Yes, you will be like him who takes his rest on the sea, or on the top of a sail-support.

For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.

But those who say sharp words to him will have delight, and a blessing of good will come on them.

Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.

As the cold of snow in the time of grain-cutting, so is a true servant to those who send him; for he gives new life to the soul of his master.

If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water:

Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.

The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin: lifting it again to his mouth is a weariness to him.

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

When he says fair words, have no belief in him; for in his heart are seven evils:

He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again.

My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.

Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.

The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright are without fear, like the lion.

Those who have no respect for the law give praise to the evil-doer; but such as keep the law are against him.

He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.

The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.

One who has been the cause of a man's death will go in flight to the underworld: let no man give him help.

He whose ways are upright will be safe, but sudden will be the fall of him whose ways are twisted.

He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.

He who gives to the poor will never be in need, but great curses will be on him who gives no attention to them.

In the steps of an evil man there is a net for him, but the upright man gets away quickly and is glad.

A servant will not be trained by words; for though the sense of the words is clear to him, he will not give attention.

Have you seen a man who is quick with his tongue? There is more hope for a foolish man than for him.

Every word of God is tested: he is a breastplate to those who put their faith in him.

The war-horse, and the he-goat, and the king when his army is with him.

Give strong drink to him who is near to destruction, and wine to him whose soul is bitter:

Let him have drink, and his need will go from his mind, and the memory of his trouble will be gone.

She does him good and not evil all the days of her life.

Who may take food or have pleasure without him?

To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.

I am certain that whatever God does will be for ever. No addition may be made to it, nothing may be taken from it; and God has done it so that man may be in fear before him.

I said in my heart, God will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every purpose and for every work has been fixed by him.

So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?

And if one has a fall, the other will give him a hand; but unhappy is the man who is by himself, because he has no helper.

There was no end of all the people, of all those whose head he was, but they who come later will have no delight in him. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.

This is what I have seen: it is good and fair for a man to take meat and drink and to have joy in all his work under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; that is his reward.

He will not give much thought to the days of his life; because God lets him be taken up with the joy of his heart.

A man to whom God gives money, wealth, and honour so that he has all his desires but God does not give him the power to have joy of it, and a strange man takes it. This is to no purpose and an evil disease.

Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?

In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.

Be not quick to go from before him. Be not fixed in an evil design, because he does whatever is pleasing to him.

The word of a king has authority; and who may say to him, What is this you are doing?

For every purpose there is a time and a decision, because the sorrow of man is great in him.

No one is certain what is to be, and who is able to say to him when it will be?

Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his life is long, I am certain that it will be well for those who go in fear of God and are in fear before him.

So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

Because to all there is one event, to the upright man and to the evil, to the clean and to the unclean, to him who makes an offering and to him who makes no offering; as is the good so is the sinner; he who takes an oath is as he who has fear of it.

For him who is joined to all the living there is hope; a living dog is better than a dead lion.

And again I saw under the sun that the reward goes not to him who is quick, or the fruits of war to the strong; and there is no bread for the wise, or wealth for men of learning, or respect for those who have knowledge; but time and chance come to all.

If the wrath of the ruler is against you, keep in your place; in him who keeps quiet even great sins may be overlooked.

He who makes a hole for others will himself go into it, and for him who makes a hole through a wall the bite of a snake will be a punishment.

The foolish are full of words; man has no knowledge of what will be; and who is able to say what will be after him?

The work of the foolish will be a weariness to him, because he has no knowledge of the way to the town.

But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose.

Let him give me the kisses of his mouth: for his love is better than wine.

By night on my bed I was looking for him who is the love of my soul: I was looking for him, but I did not see him.

I will get up now and go about the town, in the streets and in the wide ways I will go after him who is the love of my soul: I went after him, but I did not see him.

The watchmen who go about the town came by me; to them I said, Have you seen him who is my heart's desire?

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.

My loved one put his hand on the door, and my heart was moved for him.

I made the door open to my loved one; but my loved one had taken himself away, and was gone, my soul was feeble when his back was turned on me; I went after him, but I did not come near him; I said his name, but he gave me no answer.

I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you see my loved one, what will you say to him? That I am overcome with love.

Where is your loved one gone, O most fair among women? Where is your loved one turned away, that we may go looking for him with you?

O nation full of sin, a people weighted down with crime, a generation of evil-doers, false-hearted children: they have gone away from the Lord, they have no respect for the Holy One of Israel, their hearts are turned back from him.

Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.

Who say, Let him do his work quickly, let him make it sudden, so that we may see it: let the design of the Holy One of Israel come near, so that it may be clear to us.

Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.

And his voice will be loud over him in that day like the sounding of the sea: and if a man's eyes are turned to the earth, it is all dark and full of trouble; and the light is made dark by thick clouds.

Over him were the winged ones: every one had six wings; two for covering his face, two for covering his feed, and two for flight.

And say to him, Take care and be quiet; have no fear, and do not let your heart be feeble, because of these two ends of smoking fire-wood, because of the bitter wrath of Rezin and Aram, and of the son of Remaliah.

For this cause the Lord himself will give you a sign; a young woman is now with child, and she will give birth to a son, and she will give him the name Immanuel.

And I went in to my wife, and she became with child, and gave birth to a son. Then the Lord said to me, Give him the name Maher-shalal-hash-baz,

But let the Lord of armies be holy to you, and go in fear of him, giving honour to him.

And I will be waiting for the Lord, whose face is veiled from the house of Jacob, and I will be looking for him.

Then say to them, Put your faith in the teaching and the witness. ... If they do not say such things. ... For him there is no dawn. ...

For this cause the Lord has made strong the haters of Israel, driving them on to make war against him;