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Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.
Whoever stubbornly refuses to accept criticism will suddenly be broken beyond repair.
Kindness and faithfulness keep a king safe, through kindness his throne is made secure.
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.
If you are honest, you will live life safely. But if you are dishonest, you will get hurt.
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
The slacker does not plow during planting season; at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing.
Sorrow is better than laughter; for, by the sadness of the countenance, the heart is made better.
All problems are people problems. And most people problems are people refusing to act like people.
What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun
One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but a foolish man's heart directs him toward the left.
Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart.
If you see oppression of the poor, and justice and righteousness trampled in a country, do not be astounded.
Better is the man of humble standing that works for himself than one who plays the great man but lacks bread.
The rich is the one that rules over those of little means, and the borrower is servant to the man doing the lending.
Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.
I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons.
Have you beheld a man skillful in his work? Before kings is where he will station himself; he will not station himself before commonplace men.
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. It is a grievous task which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
Happy are those who find wisdom... She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Love is as strong as death; its jealousy as unyielding as the grave. It burns like a blazing fire; like a mighty flame. Many waters cannot quench love, rivers cannot wash it away
Two are better than one,because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lif' up his fellow, but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, for he hath not another to help him up.
Under the Sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor wealth to the intelligent, nor success to the skillful, but time and chance govern all. For man does not know his time.
Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. [Therefore do not compare your lot with another's lest you see their advantages and lose the joy of what you already have.]
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies, and all the things that can be compared unto her.
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do. Let your garments be always white. Let not oil be lacking on your head. Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.
And also to the alien, who is not of Thy people Israel, but comes from a distant land on account of Thy fame; for hearing of Thy great name and Thy strong hand, and Thine outstretched arm, he comes to this house to pray... do Thou listen in the heavens, the place where Thou dwellest, and perform all that the alien begs of Thee, so that all the peoples of the earth may know Thy name, to fear Thee like Thine own people Israel, and to know that Thy name is proclaimed over this house that I have built.