Surely no one knows the future, ¹  and no one can tell another person what will happen. ² 

Two people are better than one, because they can reap ¹  more benefit ²  from their labor.

Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner can destroy much that is good.

For if they fall, one will help his companion up, but pity ¹  the person who falls down and has no one to help him up.

One who quarries stones may be injured by them; one who splits logs may be endangered by them.

It is best to take hold of one warning ¹  without letting go of the other warning; ²  for the one who fears God will follow ³  both warnings. ⁴ 

Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it, ¹  so no one has power over the day of his ²  death. Just as no one can be discharged during the battle, ³  so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked. ⁴ 

What I have continually sought, I have not found; I have found only ¹  one upright ²  man among a thousand, but I have not found one upright woman among all of them.

A good reputation ¹  is better ²  than precious ³  perfume; ⁴  likewise, ⁵  the day of one’s ⁶  death ⁷  is better than the day of one’s birth. ⁸ 

One who digs a pit may ¹  fall into it, and one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake. ² 

In times of prosperity ¹  be joyful, but in times of adversity ²  consider this: God has made one as well as the other, ³  so that no one can discover what the future holds. ⁴ 

Furthermore, if two lie down together, they can keep each other warm, but how can one person keep warm by himself?

The more one argues with words, the less he accomplishes. ¹  How does that benefit him? ² 

Although an assailant may overpower ¹  one person, two can withstand him. Moreover, a three-stranded cord is not quickly broken.

For no one ¹  can eat and drink ²  or experience joy ³  apart from him. ⁴ 

Better is one handful with some rest than two hands full of toil ¹  and chasing the wind.

So ¹  I again considered ²  all the oppression ³  that continually occurs ⁴  on earth. ⁵  This is what I saw: ⁶  The oppressed ⁷  were in tears, ⁸  but no one was comforting them; no one delivers ⁹  them from the power of their oppressors.

The words of the sages are like prods, ¹  and the collected sayings are like firmly fixed nails; they are given by one shepherd.

However, a poor but wise man lived in the city, ¹  and he could have delivered ²  the city by his wisdom, but no one listened ³  to that poor man.

For ¹  there is not one truly ²  righteous person on the earth who continually does good and never sins.