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He who is a partner with a thief hates his own life; He hears the oath but tells nothing.

The fear of man brings a snare, But he who trusts in the LORD will be exalted.

Many seek the ruler's favor, But justice for man comes from the LORD.

Four things are small on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise:

The ants are not a strong people, But they prepare their food in the summer;

"Many daughters have done nobly, But you excel them all."

Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, But a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.

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

The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I know that one fate befalls them both.

I said to myself concerning the sons of men, "God has surely tested them in order for them to see that they are but beasts."

Then I looked again at all the acts of oppression which were being done under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them.

But better off than both of them is the one who has never existed, who has never seen the evil activity that is done under the sun.

For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up.

Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone?

The sleep of the working man is pleasant, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep.

If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many they be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things and he does not even have a proper burial, then I say, "Better the miscarriage than he,

For wisdom is protection just as money is protection, But the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the lives of its possessors.

In the day of prosperity be happy, But in the day of adversity consider— God has made the one as well as the other So that man will not discover anything that will be after him.

I tested all this with wisdom, and I said, "I will be wise," but it was far from me.

And I discovered more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, whose hands are chains. One who is pleasing to God will escape from her, but the sinner will be captured by her.