Who really knows if the human spirit ascends upward, and the animal’s spirit descends into the earth?

and also that everyone should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all his toil, for these things are a gift from God.

The produce of the land is seized by all of them, even the king is served by the fields.

Here is another misfortune that I have seen on earth, and it weighs heavily on people:

This is what I also observed about wisdom on earth, and it is a great burden to me:

There is nothing better for people than to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment in their work. I also perceived that this ability to find enjoyment comes from God.

Then I considered all the skillful work that is done: Surely it is nothing more than competition between one person and another. This also is profitless – like chasing the wind.

Do not let your mouth cause you to sin, and do not tell the priest, “It was a mistake!” Why make God angry at you so that he would destroy the work of your hands?”

To every man whom God has given wealth, and possessions, he has also given him the ability to eat from them, to receive his reward and to find enjoyment in his toil; these things are the gift of God.

I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare; 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.