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Ecclesiastes 10.10, 11 10If the ax is dull, And one does not sharpen the edge, Then he must use more strength; But wisdom brings success. 11A serpent may bite when it isnot charmed; The babbler is no different.
Ecclesiastes 10.8, 9 8He who digs a pit will fall into it, And whoever breaks through a wall will be bitten by a serpent. 9He who quarries stones may be hurt by them, Andhe who splits wood may be endangered by it.
Ecclesiastes 10.4-7 4If the spirit of the ruler rises against you, Do not leave your post; For conciliation pacifies great offenses. 5There is an evil I have seen under the sun, As an error proceeding from the ruler: 6Folly is set in great dignity, While the rich sit in a…
Ecclesiastes 10.1-3 1Dead flies putrefy the perfumer’s ointment, And cause it to give off a foul odor; So doesa little folly to one respected for wisdom and honor. 2A wise man’s heart isat his right hand, But a fool’s heart at his left. 3Even when a fool walks along the…
Ecclesiastes 9.13-18 13This wisdom I have also seen under the sun, and it seemed great to me: 14There was a little city with few men in it; and a great king came against, besieged it, and built great snares around it. 15Now there was found in it a poor wise…
Ecclesiastes 9.11 11I returned and saw under the sun that The race isnot to the swift, Nor the battle to the strong, Nor bread to the wise, Nor riches to men of understanding, Nor favor to those men of skill; But time and chance happen to them all.
Ecclesiastes 9.7-10 7Go, eat your bread with joy, And drink your wine with a merry heart; For God has already accepted your works. 8Let your garments always be white. And let your head lack no oil. 9Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain…
Ecclesiastes 9.4-6 4But for him who is joined to all the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5For the living know that they will die; But the dead know nothing, And they have no more reward, For the memory of them is…
Ecclesiastes 9.3 3This isan evil in all that is done under the sun: that one thing happensto all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; madness isin their hearts while they live, and after that they goto the dead.
Ecclesiastes 9.1, 2 1For I have considered all this in my heart, so that I could declare it all: that the righteous and the wise and their works arein the hand of God. People know neither love nor hatred byanything they see before them. 2All things come alike to all:…
Ecclesiastes 8.16, 17 16When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that is done on earth, even though one sees no sleep day or night, 17then I saw all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the…
Ecclesiastes 8.14, 15 14There is a vanity which occurs on earth, that there are just mento whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked mento whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also isvanity. 15So I commended…
Ecclesiastes 8.10-13 10Then I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of holiness, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done. This also isvanity. 11Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons…
Ecclesiastes 8.8, 9 8No one has power over the spirit to retain the spirit, And no one has power in the day of death. There isno release from that war, And wickedness will not deliver those who are given to it. 9All this I have seen, and applied my heart…