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1 # A good name <08034> is better <02896> than precious <02896> ointment <08081>; and the day <03117> of death <04194> than the day <03117> of one's birth <03205> (8736).
2 It is better <02896> to go <03212> (8800) to the house <01004> of mourning <060>, than to go <03212> (8800) to the house <01004> of feasting <04960>: for <0834> that is the end <05490> of all men <0120>; and the living <02416> will lay <05414> (8799) it to his heart <03820>.
3 Sorrow <03708> is better <02896> than laughter <07814>: for by the sadness <07455> of the countenance <06440> the heart <03820> is made better <03190> (8799).
4 The heart <03820> of the wise <02450> is in the house <01004> of mourning <060>; but the heart <03820> of fools <03684> is in the house <01004> of mirth <08057>.
5 It is better <02896> to hear <08085> (8800) the rebuke <01606> of the wise <02450>, than for a man <0376> to hear <08085> (8802) the song <07892> of fools <03684>.
6 For as the crackling <06963> of thorns <05518> under a pot <05518>, so is the laughter <07814> of the fool <03684>: this also is vanity <01892>.
7 # Surely oppression <06233> maketh a wise man <02450> mad <01984> (8779); and a gift <04979> destroyeth <06> (8762) the heart <03820>.
8 Better <02896> is the end <0319> of a thing <01697> than the beginning <07225> thereof: and the patient <0750> in spirit <07307> is better <02896> than the proud <01362> in spirit <07307>.
9 Be not hasty <0926> (8762) in thy spirit <07307> to be angry <03707> (8800): for anger <03708> resteth <05117> (8799) in the bosom <02436> of fools <03684>.
10 Say <0559> (8799) not thou, What is the cause that the former <07223> days <03117> were better <02896> than these? for thou dost not enquire <07592> (8804) wisely <02451> concerning this.
11 # Wisdom <02451> is good <02896> with an inheritance <05159>: and by it there is profit <03148> to them that see <07200> (8802) the sun <08121>.
12 For wisdom <02451> is a defence <06738>, and money <03701> is a defence <06738>: but the excellency <03504> of knowledge <01847> is, that wisdom <02451> giveth life <02421> (8762) to them that have <01167> it.
13 Consider <07200> (8798) the work <04639> of God <0430>: for who can <03201> (8799) make that straight <08626> (8763), which he hath made crooked <05791> (8765)?
14 In the day <03117> of prosperity <02896> be joyful <02896>, but in the day <03117> of adversity <07451> consider <07200> (8798): God <0430> also hath set <06213> (8804) the one over against <05980> the other, to the end <01700> that man <0120> should find <04672> (8799) nothing <03972> after <0310> him.
15 All things have I seen <07200> (8804) in the days <03117> of my vanity <01892>: there is <03426> a just <06662> man that perisheth <06> (8802) in his righteousness <06664>, and there is a wicked <07563> man that prolongeth <0748> (8688) his life in his wickedness <07451>.
16 Be not righteous <06662> over much <07235> (8687); neither make thyself over <03148> wise <02449> (8691) : why shouldest thou destroy <08074> (8709) thyself?
17 Be not over much <07235> (8687) wicked <07561> (8799), neither be thou foolish <05530>: why shouldest thou die <04191> (8799) before thy time <06256>?
18 It is good <02896> that thou shouldest take hold <0270> (8799) of this; yea, also from this <02088> withdraw <03240> (8686) not thine hand <03027>: for he that feareth <03373> God <0430> shall come forth <03318> (8799) of them all.
19 Wisdom <02451> strengtheneth <05810> (8799) the wise <02450> more than ten <06235> mighty <07989> men which are in the city <05892>.
20 For there is not a just <06662> man <0120> upon earth <0776>, that doeth <06213> (8799) good <02896> , and sinneth <02398> (8799) not.
21 Also take <05414> (8799) no heed <03820> unto all words <01697> that are spoken <01696> (8762); lest thou hear <08085> (8799) thy servant <05650> curse <07043> (8764) thee:
22 For oftentimes <06471> <07227> also thine own heart <03820> knoweth <03045> (8804) that thou thyself likewise hast cursed <07043> (8765) others <0312>.
23 # All this <02090> have I proved <05254> (8765) by wisdom <02451>: I said <0559> (8804), I will be wise <02449> (8799); but it was far <07350> from me.
24 That which is far off <07350>, and exceeding deep <06013>, who can find it out <04672> (8799)?
25 I applied <05437> (8804) mine heart <03820> to know <03045> (8800), and to search <08446> (8800), and to seek out <01245> (8763) wisdom <02451>, and the reason <02808> of things, and to know <03045> (8800) the wickedness <07562> of folly <03689>, even of foolishness <05531> and madness <01947>:
26 And I find <04672> (8802) more bitter <04751> than death <04194> the woman <0802>, whose heart <03820> is snares <04685> and nets <02764>, and her hands <03027> as bands <0612>: whoso pleaseth <02896> <06440> God <0430> shall escape <04422> (8735) from her; but the sinner <02398> (8802) shall be taken <03920> (8735) by her.
27 Behold <07200> (8798), this have I found <04672> (8804), saith <0559> (8804) the preacher <06953>, counting one <0259> by one <0259>, to find out <04672> (8800) the account <02808>:
28 Which yet my soul <05315> seeketh <01245> (8765), but I find <04672> (8804) not: one <0259> man <0120> among a thousand <0505> have I found <04672> (8804); but a woman <0802> among all those have I not found <04672> (8804).
29 Lo <07200> (8798), this only <0905> have I found <04672> (8804), that God <0430> hath made <06213> (8804) man <0120> upright <03477>; but they have sought out <01245> (8765) many <07227> inventions <02810> .