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Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,

To show partiality is not good, because a man may sin for a piece of bread.

So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.

When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.

For a man seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.

Keep the king's command, I say, because of your oath before God.

Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.

So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.

on the day the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few, and those watching through windows see dimly,

When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.

Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has looked upon me. My mother's sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.

For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east; they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners.

For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen because they spoke and acted against the LORD, defying His glorious presence.

The LORD says, "Because the daughters of Zion are haughty-walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles-

Then I said, "Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts."

"Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,