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The fear of man is a snare, but the one who trusts in the Lord is protected.

Many seek a ruler's favor, but a man receives justice from the Lord .

"Many women are capable, but you surpass them all!"

Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord will be praised.

A generation goes and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever.

I said to myself, "Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good." But it turned out to be futile.

The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both.

For to the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God's sight. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also put eternity in their hearts, but man cannot discover the work God has done from beginning to end.

But better than either of them is the one who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil activity that is done under the sun.

For if either falls, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to lift him up.

Also, if two lie down together, they can keep warm; but how can one person alone keep warm?

Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer pays attention to warnings.

The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich permits him no sleep.

God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor so that he lacks nothing of all he desires for himself, but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a sickening tragedy.

And if he lives a thousand years twice, but does not experience happiness, do not both go to the same place?

Whatever exists was given its name long ago, and it is known what man is. But he is not able to contend with the One stronger than he.

The heart of the wise is in a house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in a house of pleasure.

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.

I have tested all this by wisdom. I resolved, "I will be wise," but it was beyond me.