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Ecc 7:1

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

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Ecc 7:6

For like the crackling of quick-burning thorns 1  under a cooking pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This kind of folly 2  also is useless. 3

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Ecc 7:11

Wisdom, like 1  an inheritance, is a good thing; it benefits those who see the light of day. 2

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Ecc 7:17

Do not be excessively wicked and do not be a fool; otherwise 1  you might die before your time.

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Ecc 7:20

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

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Ecc 7:29

This alone have I discovered: God made humankind upright, but they have sought many evil schemes.

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Ecc 8:6

For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, for the oppression 1  of the king 2  is severe upon his victim. 3

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Ecc 10:3

Even when a fool walks along the road he lacks sense, 1  and shows 2  everyone what a fool he is. 3

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Ecc 10:8

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

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Ecc 11:4

He who watches the wind will not sow, and he who observes the clouds will not reap. 1

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Ecc 11:10

Banish 1  emotional stress 2  from your mind. 3  and put away pain 4  from your body; 5  for youth 6  and the prime of life 7  are fleeting. 8

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Ecc 8:14

Here is 1  another 2  enigma 3  that occurs on earth: Sometimes there are righteous people who get what the wicked deserve, 4  and sometimes there are wicked people who get what the righteous deserve. 5  I said, “This also is an enigma.”

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Ecc 1:17

So I decided 1  to discern the benefit of 2  wisdom and knowledge over 3  foolish behavior and ideas; 4  however, I concluded 5  that even 6  this endeavor 7  is like 8  trying to chase the wind! 9

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Ecc 4:3

But better than both is the one who has not been born 1  and has not seen the evil things that are done on earth. 2

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Ecc 4:10

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.

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Ecc 6:8

So what advantage does a wise man have over a fool? 1  And what advantage 2  does a pauper gain by knowing how to survive? 3

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Ecc 7:18

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

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Ecc 7:28

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.

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Ecc 8:16

When I tried 1  to gain 2  wisdom and to observe the activity 3  on earth – even though it prevents anyone from sleeping day or night 4  –

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Ecc 12:11

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

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