He who rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

He loves transgression who loves strife. He who raises high his gate seeks destruction.

He who has a wayward heart finds no good, and he who has a perverse tongue falls into mischief.

A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Also to punish a righteous man is not good, [nor] to smite nobles for uprightness.

To respect the person of a wicked man is not good, [nor] to turn aside a righteous man in judgment.

He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor from LORD.

Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good. And he who hastens with his feet sins.

He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.

He who has pity upon a poor man lends to LORD, and he will repay him his good deed.

Diverse weights are an abomination to LORD, and a FALSE balance is not good.

A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches, loving favor rather than silver and gold.

Do not rob a poor man, because he is poor, nor oppress an afflicted man in the gate.

lest thou learn this ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

Wisdom is too high for a fool. He opens not his mouth in the gate.

My son, eat thou honey, for it is good, and the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste,

so the knowledge of wisdom [is] to thy soul. If thou have found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy hope shall not be cut off.

These also are from the wise: To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.

But to those who rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

[As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

It is not good to eat much honey, so [for men] to search out their own glory is grievous.

He who causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit. But the perfect shall inherit good.

To have respect of persons is not good, nor that a man should transgress for a piece of bread.

Every word of God is tried. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who is LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and use the name of my God profanely.

the greyhound, also the he-goat, and the king against whom there is no rising up.

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

And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven. It is a great tribulation that God has given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine (my heart yet guiding [me] with wisdom), and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of th

I also gathered for me silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got for me men-singers and women-singers, and the luxuries of the sons of men, [and] a wife and wives.

There is nothing better for a man [than] that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

For to the man who pleases him [God] gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

I have seen the travail which God has given to the sons of men to be employed therewith.

He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also he has set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor. [It] is the gift of God.

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

That which is, has been long ago, and that which is to be, has long ago been. And God seeks again that which has passed away.

I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous man and the wicked man, for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

I said in my heart, [It is] because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are beasts.

Keep thy foot when thou go to the house of God, for to draw near to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools. For they know not that they do evil.

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth. Therefore let thy words be few.

When thou vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which thou vow.

Do not allow thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say thou before the [heavenly] agent, that is was an error. Why should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, and in many words. But fear thou God.

Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be fitting is [for a man] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor in which he labors under the sun all the days of his life which God has given him, for this is his p

Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor--this is the gift of God.

For he shall not much remember the days of his life, because God answers [him] in the joy of his heart.

A man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

If a man begets a hundred sons, and lives many years so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial, I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.

Yea, though he lives a thousand years twice told, and yet enjoys no good, do not all go to one place?

For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? For who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

A [good] name is better than precious oil, and the day of death, than the day of birth.

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, yea, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.

Consider the work of God. For who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider. Yea, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.

It is good that thou should take hold of this, yea, also from that withdraw not thy hand. For he who fears God shall come forth from them all.

Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth that does good, and sins not.

And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, [and] whose hands are chains. He who pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.

Behold, this only I have found: That God made man upright, but they have sought out many contrivances.

I [say], Keep the king's command, and that because of the oath of God.

Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and prolongs his [days], yet surely I know that it shall be well with those who fear God, who fear before him.

But it shall not be well with a wicked man, neither shall he prolong [his] days, [which are] as a shadow, because he did not fear before God.

Then I commended joy, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be cheerful. For that shall abide with him in his labor [all] the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. Because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he shall not find it. Yea moreover, though a wise man thinks to know it, yet he

For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God. No man understands, either love or hatred. All is before them.

All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous man and to the wicked man, to the good man and to the clean man and to the unclean man, to him who sacrifices and to him who does not sacrifice, as is the good man,

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart, for God has already accepted thy works.

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.

Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.

As thou know not what is the way of the wind, [nor] how the bones [grow] in the womb of her who is with child, even so thou know not the work of God who does all.

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand, for thou know not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes. But know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgmen

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

[This is] the end of the matter, all has been heard: Fear God, and keep his commandments, for this is the whole of man.

For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.

Thine oils have a good fragrance. Thy name is oil poured forth. Therefore the virgins love thee.

Thy neck is like the tower of ivory. Thine eyes, the pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Thy nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.

Let us get up early to the vineyards. Let us see whether the vine has budded, its blossom is open, the pomegranates are in flower. There I will give thee my love.

Hear the word of LORD, ye rulers of Sodom, give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

Learn to do good. Seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

If ye are willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land.

And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and th

but LORD of hosts is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil, who put darkness for light, and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

And say to him, Take heed, and be quiet. Fear not, nor let thy heart be faint, because of these two tails of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

Ask thee a sign of LORD thy God, ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David. Is it a small thing for you to weary men, that ye will weary my God also?

Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou abhor shall be forsaken.

Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nothing. Speak the word, and it shall not stand, for God is with us.

And when they shall say to you, Seek for those who have familiar spirits and for the wizards, who chirp and who mutter, should not a people seek for their God? On behalf of the living [seek] to the dead?

And they shall pass through it, greatly distressed and hungry. And it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward.

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given. And the government shall be upon his shoulder. And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.

The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stone, the sycamores are cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.

Therefore LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.

However he does not so reason, nor does his heart so think, but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.

A remnant shall return, [even] the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.

And he will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.