4:1 So
This is what I saw:
The oppressed
no one delivers
4:4 Then I considered
Surely it is nothing more than
This also is profitless – like
5:18 I have seen personally what is the only beneficial and appropriate course of action for people:
to eat and drink,
during the few days of their life which God has given them,
for this is their reward.
7:26 I discovered this:
More bitter than death is the kind of
her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains.
The man who pleases God escapes her,
but the sinner is captured by her.
8:12 Even though a sinner might commit a hundred crimes
yet I know that it will go well with God-fearing people
8:15 So I recommend the enjoyment of life,
for there is nothing better on earth
So
during the days of his life which God gives him on earth.