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1:1	The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.:
1:2	Vanity of vanities, saithsays the Preacher; vanityVanity of vanities, all is vanity.
1:3	What profitdoes hath man ofgain from all his labor whereinin which he laborethlabors under the sun?
1:4	One generation goethgoes, and another generation comethcomes; but the earth abidethremains for everforever.
1:5	The sun also arisethrises, and the sun goethgoes down, and hastethhurries to its place where it arisethrises.
1:6	The wind goethgoes toward the south, and turnethturns aboutaround untoto the north;. itIt turnethturns aboutaround continually inas itsit coursegoes, and the wind returnethreturns again to its circuitscourses.
1:7	All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full;. untoTo the place whitherwhere the rivers goflow, thitherthere they goflow again.
1:8	All things are full of weariness; manbeyond cannotuttering. utterThe it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
1:9	That which hathhas been is that which shall be;, and that which hathhas been done is that which shall be done:; and there is no new thing under the sun.
1:10	Is there a thing whereofof which it may be said, SeeBehold, this is new? itIt hathhas been long ago, in the ages which were before us.
1:11	There is no remembrancememory of the former generations; neither shall there be any remembrancememory of the latter generations that are to come, among those that shall come after.
1:12	I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
1:13	And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven:the itsky. It is a soreheavy travailburden that God hathhas given to the sons of men to be exercisedafflicted therewithwith.
1:14	I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a strivingchasing after wind.
1:15	That which is crooked cannotcant be made straight; and that which is wantinglacking cannotcant be numberedcounted.
1:16	I communedsaid withto mine own heartmyself, sayingBehold, Lo, I have gottenobtained mefor myself great wisdom above all thatwho were before me in Jerusalem;. yeaYes, my heart hathhas had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
1:17	And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly:. I perceived that this also was a strivingchasing after wind.
1:18	For in much wisdom is much grief; and he thatwho increasethincreases knowledge increasethincreases sorrow.
2:1	I said in my heart, Come now, I will provetest theeyou with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure:; and, behold, this also was vanity.
2:2	I said of laughter, It is madfoolishness; and of mirth, What doethdoes it accomplish?
2:3	I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold onof folly, tilluntil I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lifelives.
2:4	I made memyself great works;. I buildedbuilt memyself houses;. I planted memyself vineyards;.
2:5	I made memyself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;.
2:6	I made memyself pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared;grown.
2:7	I bought menmale servants and maidfemale servants, and had servants born in my house;. I also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all thatwho were before me in Jerusalem;.
2:8	I also gathered me also silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces;. I gatgot memyself menmale singers and womenfemale singers, and the delights of the sons of men,: musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
2:9	So I was great, and increased more than all thatwho were before me in Jerusalem:. alsoMy my wisdom also remained with me.
2:10	AndWhatever whatsoevermy mine eyes desired, I keptdidnt notkeep from them;. I withhelddidnt notwithhold my heart from any joy;, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor;, and this was my portion from all my labor.
2:11	Then I looked onat all the works that my hands had wroughtworked, and onat the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a strivingchasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
2:12	And I turned myself to beholdconsider wisdom, and madness, and folly:; for what can the mankings successor do that cometh after the king? evenJust that which hathhas been done long ago.
2:13	Then I saw that wisdom excellethexcels folly, as far as light excellethexcels darkness.
2:14	The wise mans eyes are in his head, and the fool walkethwalks in darkness: —and yet I perceived that one event happenethhappens to them all.
2:15	Then I said I in my heart, As it happenethhappens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.
2:16	For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrancememory forforever, ever;since seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. AndIndeed, how doth the wise man must die evenjust aslike the fool!
2:17	So I hated life, because the work that is wroughtworked under the sun was grievous untoto me; for all is vanity and a strivingchasing after wind.
2:18	And I hated all my labor whereinin which I labored under the sun, seeingbecause that I must leave it untoto the man thatwho shallcomes be after me.
2:19	AndWho whoknows knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yetYet he will he have rule over all of my labor whereinin which I have labored, and whereinin which I have showedshown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
2:20	Therefore I turnedbegan about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor whereinin which I had labored under the sun.
2:21	For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulnessskillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man thatwho hathhas not labored thereinfor shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
2:22	For what hathdoes a man have of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, whereinin which he laborethlabors under the sun?
2:23	For all his days are but sorrows, and his travail is grief; yeayes, even in the night his heart takethtakes no rest. This also is vanity.
2:26	For to the man thatwho pleasethpleases him, God givethgives wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he givethgives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him thatwho pleasethpleases God. This also is vanity and a strivingchasing after wind.
3:7	a time to rendtear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
3:9	What profit hathhas he thatwho workethworks in that whereinin which he laborethlabors?
3:10	I have seen the travailburden which God hathhas given to the sons of men to be exercisedafflicted therewithwith.
3:11	He hathhas made everything beautiful in its time:. alsoHe hehas hathalso set eternity in their hearthearts, yet so that man cannotcant find out the work that God hathhas done from the beginning even to the end.
3:12	I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good soas long as they live.
3:13	AndAlso also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
3:14	I know that, whatsoeverwhatever God doethdoes, it shall be forforever. ever:Nothing nothing can be putadded to it, nor anything taken from it; and God hathhas done it, that men should fear before him.
3:15	That which is hathhas been long ago;, and that which is to be hathhas been long ago. been: and God seekethseeks again that which is passed away.
3:16	AndMoreover moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
3:18	I said in my heart, ItAs isfor because of the sons of men, that God maytests prove them, andso that they may see that they themselves are butlike as beastsanimals.
3:19	For that which befallethhappens to the sons of men befallethhappens beasts;to evenanimals. Even one thing befallethhappens to them:. asAs the one diethdies, so dieth the other; yeadies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man hathhas no preeminenceadvantage aboveover the beasts:animals, for all is vanity.
3:20	All go untoto one place;. allAll are offrom the dust, and all turn to dust again.
3:21	Who knowethknows the spirit of man, whether it goethgoes upward, and the spirit of the beastanimal, whether it goethgoes downward to the earth?
3:22	WhereforeTherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works;, for that is his portion:; for who shallcan bring him back to see what shallwill be after him?
4:1	Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of suchthose aswho were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
4:2	WhereforeTherefore I praised the dead thatwho have been long dead more than the living thatwho are yet alive;.
4:3	yeaYes, better than them both didis I esteem him thatwho hathhas not yet been, who hathhas not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
4:4	Then I saw all the labor and everyachievement skilfulthat work,is thatthe forenvy thisof a manmans is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
4:5	The fool foldethfolds his hands together, and eatethruins his own fleshhimself.
4:6	Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and strivingchasing after wind.
4:8	There is one thatwho is alone, and he hathhas not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother;. yetThere is there no end ofto all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with richeswealth. For whom then, saith he, do I labor, and deprive my soul of goodenjoyment? This also is vanity,. yeaYes, it is a soremiserable travailbusiness.
4:10	For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him thatwho is alone when he fallethfalls, and hathdoesnt nothave another to lift him up.
4:11	Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one bekeep warm alone?
4:12	AndIf if a man prevailprevails against himone thatwho is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
4:13	Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knowethdoesnt notknow how to receive admonition any more.
4:14	For out of prison he came forthout to be king; yeayes, even in his kingdom he was born poor.
4:15	I saw all the living thatwho walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the secondother, thatwho stoodsucceeded up in his steadhim.
4:16	There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: —yet theythose thatwho come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a strivingchasing after wind.
5:1	KeepGuard thyyour footsteps when thouyou goestgo to theGods house of God; for to draw nighnear to hearlisten is better than to give the sacrifice of fools:, for they dont know not that they do evil.
5:2	BeDont notbe rash with thyyour mouth, and dont let notyour thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thouyou uponon earth:. thereforeTherefore let thyyour words be few.
5:3	For as a dream comethcomes with a multitude of businesscares, andso a fools voicespeech with a multitude of words.
5:4	When thouyou vowestvow a vow untoto God, dont defer not to pay it; for he hathhas no pleasure in fools:. payPay that which thouyou vowestvow.
5:5	BetterIt is itbetter that thouyou shouldestshould not vow, than that thouyou shouldestshould vow and not pay.
5:6	SufferDont notallow thyyour mouth to causelead thyyou fleshinto to sin;. neitherDont sayprotest thou before the angel,messenger that itthis was ana error:mistake. whereforeWhy should God be angry at thyyour voice, and destroy the work of thyyour hands?
5:7	For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, andas well as in many words:; but you must fear thou God.
5:8	If thouyou seestsee the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a provincedistrict, dont marvel not at the matter:, for one higherofficial thanis theeyed highby regardeth;a higher one, and there are higherofficials thanover theythem.
5:9	Moreover the profit of the earth is for all:. theThe king himselfprofits isfrom served by the field.
5:10	He thatwho lovethloves silver shall not be satisfied with silver;, nor he thatwho lovethloves abundance, with increase:. thisThis also is vanity.
5:11	When goods increase, theythose arewho increasedeat thatthem eatare themincreased; and what advantage is there to theits owner thereof, saveexcept theto beholdingfeast ofon them with his eyes?
5:12	The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eateats little or much; but the fulnessabundance of the rich will not sufferallow him to sleep.
5:13	There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun,: namely,wealth riches kept by theits owner thereof to his hurt:harm.
5:14	andThose those riches perish by evilmisfortune, adventure; and if he hathhas begottenfathered a son, there is nothing in his hand.
5:15	As he came forthout fromof his mothers womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.
5:16	AndThis this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go:. andAnd what profit hathdoes he thathave hewho laborethlabors for the wind?
5:17	All his days he also heeats eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexedfrustrated, and hathhas sickness and wrath.
5:18	Behold, that which I have seen to be good and toproper be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, whereinin which he laborethlabors under the sun, all the days of his life which God hathhas given him:; for this is his portion.
5:19	Every man also to whom God hathhas given riches and wealth, and hathhas given him power to eat thereofof it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.
5:20	For he shall not muchoften rememberreflect on the days of his life;, because God answerethoccupies him inwith the joy of his heart.
6:1	There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy uponon men:
6:2	a man to whom God givethgives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lackethlacks nothing for his soul of all that he desirethdesires, yet God givethgives him notno power to eat thereofof it, but an alien eatetheats it;. thisThis is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
6:3	If a man begetfathers a hundred children, and livelives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul beis not filled with good, and moreover he havehas no burial;, I say, that ana untimelystillborn birthchild is better than he:;
6:4	for it comethcomes in vanity, and departethdeparts in darkness, and theits name thereof is covered with darkness;.
6:5	moreoverMoreover it hathhas not seen the sun nor known it;. thisThis hathhas rest rather than the other:.
6:6	yeaYes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy no good, dodont not all go to one place?
6:8	For what advantage hathhas the wise more than the fool? orWhat whathas hath the poor man, that knowethknows how to walk before the living?
6:9	Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire:. thisThis also is vanity and a strivingchasing after wind.
6:10	WhatsoeverWhatever hathhas been, theits name thereof was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him thatwho is mightier than he.
6:11	SeeingFor there are many thingswords that increasecreate vanity,. whatWhat isdoes manthat theprofit betterman?
6:12	For who knowethknows what is good for man in his life, all the days of his vain life which he spendethspends aslike a shadow? forFor who can tell a man what shallwill be after him under the sun?
7:1	A good name is better than preciousfine oilperfume; and the day of death, better than the day of ones birth.
7:2	It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting:; for that is the end of all men;, and the living willshould laytake itthis to his heart.
7:3	Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenanceface the heart is made gladgood.
7:5	It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
7:6	For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool:. thisThis also is vanity.
7:7	Surely extortion makethmakes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroyethdestroys the understanding.
7:8	Better is the end of a thing than theits beginning. thereof;The and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
7:9	BeDont notbe hasty in thyyour spirit to be angry;, for anger restethrests in the bosom of fools.
7:10	SayDont not thousay, WhatWhy iswere the cause that the former days were better than these? forFor thouyou dostdo not inquireask wisely concerningabout this.
7:11	Wisdom is as good as an inheritance;. yeaYes, it is more excellent is it for themthose thatwho see the sun.
7:12	For wisdom is a defencedefense, even as money is a defencedefense; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preservethpreserves the life of him thatwho hathhas it.
7:13	Consider the work of God:, for who can make that straight, which he hathhas made crooked?
7:14	In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yeayes, God hathhas made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything that shall be after him.
7:15	All this I have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man thatwho perishethperishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man thatwho prolongethlives hislong life in his evil doingevildoing.
7:16	BeDont notbe overly righteous, overmuch; neither make thyselfyourself overwise:overly whywise. shouldestWhy thoushould you destroy thyselfyourself?
7:17	BeDont notbe overmuchtoo wicked, neither be thou foolish:. whyWhy shouldestshould thouyou die before thyyour time?
7:18	It is good that thouyou shouldestshould take hold of this;. yeaYes, also fromdont that withdraw notyour thy hand: from that; for he thatwho fearethfears God shallwill come forthout fromof them all.
7:19	Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers thatwho are in a city.
7:20	Surely there is not a righteous man uponon earth, thatwho doethdoes good, and sinnethdoesnt notsin.
7:21	Also dont take not heed untoto all words that are spoken, lest thouyou hear thyyour servant curse theeyou;
7:22	for oftentimesoften alsoyour thine own heart knowethknows that thouyou thyselfyourself have likewise hast cursed others.
7:23	All this I have I proved in wisdom:. I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
7:24	That which is, is far off and exceedingexceedingly deep;. whoWho can find it out?
7:25	I turned aboutaround, and my heart wassought set to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reasonscheme of things, and to know that wickedness is follystupidity, and that foolishness is madness.
7:26	And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and netstraps, and whose hands are bands:chains. whosoWhoever pleasethpleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner shallwill be takenensnared by her.
7:27	Behold, thisI have Ifound foundthis, saithsays the Preacher, layingto one thing to another, to find outan the account;explanation
7:28	which my soul still seekethseeks, but I have not found:. I have found one man among a thousand, havebut I have not found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
7:29	Behold, thisI only have Ionly found this: that God made manmankind upright; but they havesearch soughtfor out many inventions.
8:1	Who is aslike the wise man? andAnd who knowethknows the interpretation of a thing? A mans wisdom makethmakes his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
8:2	I counsel theesay, Keep the kings command,! andbecause that in regard of the oath ofto God.
8:3	BeDont notbe hasty to go out of his presence;. Dont persist not in an evil thing:, for he doethdoes whatsoeverwhatever pleasethpleases him.,
8:4	Forfor the kings word hathis power;supreme. andWho whocan may say untoto him, What doestare thouyou doing?
8:5	WhosoWhoever keepethkeeps the commandment shall knownot nocome evilto thing;harm, and ahis wise mans heart discernethwill know the time and judgment:procedure.
8:6	forFor to every purpose there is a time and judgment;procedure becausefor every purpose, although the misery of man is greatheavy uponon him:.
8:7	forFor he knowethdoesnt notknow that which shallwill be; for who can tell him how it shallwill be?
8:8	There is no man thatwho hathhas power over the spirit to retaincontain the spirit; neither hathdoes he have power over the day of death;. andThere there is no discharge in war:; neither shall wickedness deliver himthose thatwho ispractice given to it.
8:9	All this I have I seen, and applied my heartmind untoto every work that is done under the sun:. thereThere is a time whereinin which one man hathhas power over another to his hurt.
8:10	So I saw the wicked buried,. andIndeed they came toalso thefrom grave;holiness. andThey they that had done right went away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city: where they did this. This also is vanity.
8:12	Though a sinner docommits evilcrimes a hundred times, and prolonglives his dayslong, yet surely I know that it shallwill be wellbetter with themthose thatwho fear God, thatwho fearare reverent before him:.
8:13	butBut it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolonglengthen his days, whichlike are as a shadow;, because he fearethdoesnt notfear before God.
8:14	There is a vanity which is done uponon the earth, that there are righteous men untoto whom it happenethhappens according to the work of the wicked;. againAgain, there are wicked men to whom it happenethhappens according to the work of the righteous:. I said that this also is vanity.
8:15	Then I commended mirth, because a man hathhas no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that shallwill abideaccompany with him in his labor all the days of his life which God hathhas given him under the sun.
8:16	When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done uponon the earth foreven alsothough thereeyes issee thatno neithersleep day noror night seeth sleep with his eyes,
8:17	then I beheldsaw all the work of God, that man cannotcant find out the work that is done under the sun:, because however much a man laborlabors to seek it out, yet he shallwont not find it;. yeaYes moreover,even though a wise man thinkthinks tohe knowcan comprehend it, yet shall he notwont be able to find it.
9:1	For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it beis love or hatred, man knowethdoesnt know it not; all is before them.
9:2	All things come alike to all:. thereThere is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean;, to him thatwho sacrificethsacrifices, and to him thatwho sacrificethdoesnt not;sacrifice. asAs is the good, so is the sinner; and he thatwho swearethtakes an oath, as he thatwho fearethfears an oath.
9:3	This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event untoto all:. yeaYes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
9:4	For to him thatwho is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
9:5	For the living know that they shallwill die:, but the dead dont know not anything, neither havedo they have any more a reward; for thetheir memory of them is forgotten.
9:6	AsAlso well their love, as their hatred, and their envy, ishas perished long ago; neither havedo they any morelonger have a portion forforever ever in anything that is done under the sun.
9:7	Go thyyour way, —eat thyyour bread with joy, and drink thyyour wine with a merry heart; for God hathhas already accepted thyyour works.
9:8	Let thyyour garments be always white;, and dont let notyour thy head lack oil.
9:9	Live joyfully with the wife whom thouyou lovestlove all the days of thyyour life of vanity, which he hathhas given theeyou under the sun, all thyyour days of vanity:, for that is thyyour portion in life, and in thyyour labor whereinin thouwhich laborestyou labor under the sun.
9:10	WhatsoeverWhatever thyyour hand findethfinds to do, do it with thyyour might; for there is no work, nor deviceplan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whitherwhere thouyou goestare going.
9:11	I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happenethhappen to them all.
9:12	For man also knowethdoesnt notknow his time:. asAs the fishesfish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it fallethfalls suddenly uponon them.
9:13	I have also seen wisdom under the sun onin this wiseway, and it seemed great untoto me:.
9:14	There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king came against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.
9:15	Now therea poor wise man was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
9:16	Then I said I, Wisdom is better than strength:. neverthelessNevertheless the poor mans wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
9:17	The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him thatwho rulethrules among fools.
9:18	Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyethdestroys much good.
10:1	Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to sendproduce forth an evil odor; so dothdoes a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.
10:2	A wise mans heart is at his right hand;, but a fools heart at his left.
10:3	YeaYes also, when the fool walkethwalks by the way, his understanding failethfails him, and he saithsays to everyeveryone one that he is a fool.
10:4	If the spirit of the ruler riserises up against theeyou, dont leave notyour thy place; for gentleness allayethlays great offencesoffenses to rest.
10:5	There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, asthe itsort wereof an error which proceedethproceeds from the ruler:.
10:6	follyFolly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.
10:7	I have seen servants uponon horses, and princes walking like servants uponon the earth.
10:8	He thatwho diggethdigs a pit shallmay fall into it; and whosowhoever breakethbreaks through a wall, amay serpentbe shallbitten biteby hima snake.
10:9	WhosoWhoever hewethcarves out stones shallmay be hurtinjured therewith;by andthem. heWhoever thatsplits cleaveth wood ismay be endangered therebyby it.
10:10	If the ironax beis blunt, and one dodoesnt notsharpen whet the edge, then must he putmust touse more strength:; but wisdomskill isbrings profitable to directsuccess.
10:11	If the serpentsnake bitebites before it is charmed, then is there no advantageprofit infor the charmercharmers tongue.
10:12	The words of a wise mans mouth are gracious; but thea lipsfool ofis aswallowed foolby willhis swallowown up himselflips.
10:14	A fool also multipliethmultiplies words:. yetMan mandoesnt knowethknow not what shallwill be; and that which shallwill be after him, who can tell him?
10:15	The labor of fools weariethwearies every one of them; for he knowethdoesnt notknow how to go to the city.
10:16	Woe to theeyou, O land, when thyyour king is a child, and thyyour princes eat in the morning!
10:17	Happy artare thouyou, O land, when thyyour king is the son of nobles, and thyyour princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
10:18	By slothfulness the roof sinkethsinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leakethleaks.
10:19	A feast is made for laughter, and wine makethmakes glad the life glad; and money answerethis the answer for all things.
10:20	RevileDont notcurse the king, no, not in thyyour thoughtthoughts; and reviledont notcurse the rich in thyyour bedchamber:bedroom, for a bird of the heavenssky shallmay carry theyour voice, and that which hathhas wings shallmay tell the matter.
11:1	Cast thyyour bread uponon the waters; for thouyou shaltshall find it after many days.
11:2	Give a portion to seven, yeayes, even untoto eight; for thouyou knowestdont notknow what evil shallwill be uponon the earth.
11:3	If the clouds beare full of rain, they empty themselves uponon the earth; and if a tree fallfalls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree fallethfalls, there shall it be.
11:4	He thatwho observethobserves the wind shallwont not sow; and he thatwho regardethregards the clouds shallwont not reap.
11:5	As thouyou knowestdont notknow what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her thatwho is with child; even so thouyou knowestdont notknow the work of God who doethdoes all.
11:6	In the morning sow thyyour seed, and in the evening dont withhold notyour thy hand; for thouyou knowestdont notknow which shallwill prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shallwill be alikeequally good.
11:7	Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to beholdsee the sun.
11:8	YeaYes, if a man livelives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comethcomes is vanity.
11:9	Rejoice, O young man, in thyyour youth, and let thyyour heart cheer theeyou in the days of thyyour youth, and walk in the ways of thyyour heart, and in the sight of thineyour eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring theeyou into judgment.
11:10	Therefore remove sorrow from thyyour heart, and put away evil from thyyour flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
12:1	Remember also thyyour Creator in the days of thyyour youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nighnear, when thouyou shaltwill say, I have no pleasure in them;
12:2	beforeBefore the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;
12:3	in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those thatwho look out of the windows shallare be darkened,
12:5	yeayes, they shall be afraid of that which is highheights, and terrors shallwill be inon the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goethgoes to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:;
12:6	before the silver cord is loosedsevered, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountainspring, or the wheel broken at the cistern,
12:7	and the dust returnethreturns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returnethreturns untoto God who gave it.
12:8	Vanity of vanities, saithsays the Preacher;. allAll is vanity.!
12:9	And furtherFurther, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge;. yeaYes, he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
12:10	The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightlyblamelessly, even words of truth.
12:11	The words of the wise are aslike goads; and aslike nails well fastened are the words offrom the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
12:12	And furthermoreFurthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
12:13	This is the end of the matter;. allAll hathhas been heard:. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.
12:14	For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it beis good, or whether it beis evil.