A house and wealth [are] an inheritance [from] fathers, but from Yahweh [comes] a woman who is prudent.

Listen to counsel, receive instruction, and accept correction,
That you may be wise in the time to come.

The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.

Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.

The one who lives with integrity is righteous;
his children who come after him will be happy.

Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

A wise king puts evil-doers to flight, and makes their evil-doing come back on them.

The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.

The man who strays from the way of wisdom
will come to rest
in the assembly of the departed spirits.

A horse is prepared for the day of battle,
but victory comes from the Lord.

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The man of wealth and the poor man come face to face: the Lord is the maker of them all.

Send away the man of pride, and argument will go out; truly fighting and shame will come to an end.

He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he that gives to the rich, shall surely come to poverty.

Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:

The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.

Thou shalt not remove the old bound; and into the field of the orphans thou shalt not come:

For the end is not yet come and thy patient abiding shall not be in vain.

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

To those who linger over wine, to those who come to try mixed wine.

for you should wage war with sound guidance—
victory comes with many counselors.

For their downfall will come suddenly; and who has knowledge of the destruction of those in high positions?

These things also come from the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

Thistles had come up everywhere,
weeds covered the ground,
and the stone wall was ruined.

So shall your poverty come like a robber; and your want like an armed man.

Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the refiner.

For better it is that it be said unto you, Come up here; than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince whom your eyes have seen.

As the sparrow in her wandering and the swallow in her flight, so the curse does not come without a cause.

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.

Never brag about the day to come, because you don't know what it might bring.

Oil and perfume make the heart glad;
So does the sweetness of a friend’s counsel that comes from the heart.

Whoso keepeth his fig tree, shall enjoy the fruits thereof; he that waiteth upon his master, shall come to honour.

The grass comes up and the young grass is seen, and the mountain plants are got in.

When the righteous triumph,
there is great rejoicing,
but when the wicked come to power,
people hide themselves.

Happy is the man in whom is the fear of the Lord at all times; but he whose heart is hard will come into trouble.

he that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.

When the wicked come to power,
people hide,
but when they are destroyed,
the righteous flourish.

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When the upright have power, the people are glad; when an evil man is ruler, grief comes on the people.

The poor man and his creditor come face to face: the Lord gives light to their eyes equally.

When the ungodly come up, wickedness increaseth; but the righteous shall see their fall.

He that feareth men, shall have a fall; but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall come to honour.

Many seek the ruler's favor; but every man's judgment comes from the LORD.

The words of Agur, the son of Jakeh, from Massa. The man says: I am full of weariness, O God, I am full of weariness; O God, I have come to an end:

Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?

The shaking of milk makes butter, and the twisting of the nose makes blood come: so the forcing of wrath is a cause of fighting.

For fear that through drinking they may come to have no respect for the law, wrongly judging the cause of those who are in trouble.

Strength and dignity are her clothing; And she laugheth at the time to come.

One generation passes away, and another generation comes: but the earth abides forever.

The sun comes up and the sun goes down, and goes quickly back to the place where he came up.

The wind goeth toward the South and turneth unto the North, fetcheth his compass, whirleth about, and goeth forth and returneth again to his circuits from whence he did come.

All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from where the rivers come, there they return again.

There is no remembrance of the former generations ; neither shall there be any remembrance of the latter generations that are to come, among those that shall come after.

Thus I have considered all the things that come to pass under the Sun, and lo, they are all but vanity and vexation of mind.

I communed with my own heart, saying, Lo, I have come to greatness, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

For with great wisdom comes great frustration; whoever increases his knowledge merely increases his heartache.

I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can a man do that comes after the king? even that which has been already done.

The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the foolish man goes walking in the dark; but still I saw that the same event comes to them all.

Then said I in my heart: As it comes to the foolish man, so will it come to me; so why have I been wise overmuch? Then I said in my heart: This again is to no purpose.

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!

Hate had I for all my work which I had done, because the man who comes after me will have its fruits.

There is nothing better for people than to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment in their work. I also perceived that this ability to find enjoyment comes from God.

The thing that hath been, is now; and the thing that is for to come, hath been afore time: for God restoreth again the thing that was past.

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

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, as better than both, him who had not yet come into being, - who had not seen the vexatious work, which was done under the sun.

I have seen that every [effort in] labor and every skill in work comes from man’s rivalry with his neighbor. This too is vanity (futility, false pride) and chasing after the wind.

A poor child being wise, is better than an old king that doteth, and cannot beware in time to come.

For out of prison he comes to reign; yet he that is born in his kingdom might become poor.

There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Watch your step whenever you visit God's house, and come more ready to listen than to offer a fool's sacrifice, since fools never think they're doing evil.

For a dream comes through much business; and a fool's voice is known by a multitude of words.

Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you.

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.

As he had come naked from his mother’s womb, so will he return as he came. He will take nothing from the fruit of his labor that he can carry in his hand.

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

For he comes in with vanity, and departs in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.

Yea, though he lived two thousand years, yet hath he no good life. Come not all to one place?

Because many words lead to pointlessness, how do people benefit from this? 12Who knows what is best for people in this life, every day of their pointless lives that they pass through like a shadow? Who informs people on earth what will come along after them?

Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also has set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing that will come after him.

Be not given overmuch to righteousness and be not over-wise. Why let destruction come on you?

Be not evil overmuch, and be not foolish. Why come to your end before your time?

It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from that withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth from them all.

Behold - sayeth the preacher - this have I diligently searched out and proved, that I might come by knowledge: which as yet I seek, and find it not.

Whoever keeps the law will come to no evil: and a wise man's heart has knowledge of time and of decision.

And why? A man knoweth not what is for to come: for who will tell him?

And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the holy place, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.

Because punishment for an evil work comes not quickly, the minds of the sons of men are fully given to doing evil.

There is vanity which was done upon the earth; that there is the just which it comes upon them according to the work of the unjust: and there is the unjust, it comes upon them according to the work of the just. I said, Also this is vanity.

So all this I laid to my heart, and I concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, [are] in the hand of God. So no one knows anything that will [come] to them, whether [it will be] love or hatred.

All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

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.

The living are conscious that death will come to them, but the dead are not conscious of anything, and they no longer have a reward, because there is no memory of them.

Come, take your bread with joy, and your wine with a glad heart. God has taken pleasure in your works.

Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.

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.

Even man has no knowledge of his time; like fishes taken in an evil net, or like birds taken by deceit, are the sons of men taken in an evil time when it comes suddenly on them.

A little city, and few men in it, and a great king hath come unto it, and hath surrounded it, and hath built against it great bulwarks;

The words of the wise which come quietly to the ear are noted more than the cry of a ruler among the foolish.