With the coming of the wicked come also hath contempt, And with shame -- reproach.

A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

A man's offering makes room for him, letting him come before great men.

The first in his dispute is [deemed] righteous, [but] his neighbor will come and examine him.

A man of many friends will come to ruin but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

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 thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt 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.

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 oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

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.

Remove not the old landmark, and come not within the field of the fatherless.

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 suddenly their disaster will come, and the ruin of {both of them}, who knows?

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 thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

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

For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.

As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

He who digs a pit, in it he will fall, and he who rolls a stone, on him it will come back.

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

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

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 hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

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

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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.

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 ascended [to] heaven and come down? Who has gathered [the] wind in the hollow of his hand? Who has wrapped water in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What [is] his name and what is the name of his child? For [surely] you know.

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 honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

A generation went away, and a generation came: and the earth stood 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 whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with 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 mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, 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.

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

Next, I considered wisdom, as well as delusion and folly. What can anyone [do] who will come after the king that has not already been done?

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 there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.

Therefore hated, I, all my toil, wherein I was toiling, under the sun, - in that I should leave it for the man who should come after me;

So I came to be in despair about everything I had accomplished on earth.

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.

Both go to one place--both came from dust and both 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.

Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun.

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 came forth to be king; yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor.

There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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 the dream hath come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words.

For with many dreams [come] vanities and numerous words. Therefore, fear God!

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 came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?

For in vanity he came in, and in darkness he goeth, and in darkness his name is covered,

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?

Never ask "Why does the past seem so much better than now?" because this question does not come from wisdom.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man cannot discover anything 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 this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of 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 commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.

For he has absolutely no knowledge what will happen, since who can declare to him when it will come about?

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

Among all things that come to pass under the Sun, this is a mystery, that it happeneth unto all alike. This is the cause also that the hearts of men are full of wickedness, and mad foolishness is in their hearts, as long as they live, until 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.

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.

Also this I came to see as wisdom under the sun, and it impressed me.

There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:

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

Yet the fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?

But well is thee, O thou realm and land, whose king is come of nobles, and whose princes eat in due season, for strength and not for lust.

Put out your bread on the face of the waters; for after a long time it will come back to you again.

Give a portion to seven, or even [divide it] to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth.

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.

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not dark, and the clouds come not back after the rain;