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which my mind has sought repeatedly, but I have not found. One man among a thousand I found, but a woman among all these I have not found.

See, this alone I found, that God made human beings straightforward, but they have devised many schemes.

but it will not be well with the wicked, neither will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.

But whoever is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

The living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no more reward, and even the memory of them is lost.

Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the skillful; but time and chance happen to them all.

Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one bungler destroys much good.

The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.

If the iron is blunt, and one does not whet the edge, then more strength must be exerted; but wisdom helps one to succeed.

Words spoken by the wise bring them favor, but the lips of fools consume them.

Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the inclination of your heart and the desire of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Do not gaze at me because I am dark, because the sun has gazed on me. My mother's sons were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept!

Upon my bed at night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he gave no answer.

"I will rise now and go about the city, in the streets and in the squares; I will seek him whom my soul loves." I sought him, but found him not.

I slept, but my heart was awake. Listen! my beloved is knocking. "Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one; for my head is wet with dew, my locks with the drops of the night."

I opened to my beloved, but my beloved had turned and was gone. My soul failed me when he spoke. I sought him, but did not find him; I called him, but he gave no answer.

If she is a wall, we will build upon her a battlement of silver; but if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.

Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me.

The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib; but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.

From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it, but bruises and sores and bleeding wounds; they have not been drained, or bound up, or softened with oil.