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Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness; let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head; let my head not refuse it. Yet my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.

One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.

One pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.

He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck, will suddenly be broken beyond healing.

the ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;

the rock badgers are a people not mighty, yet they make their homes in the cliffs;

the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank;

the lizard you can take in your hands, yet it is in kings' palaces.

She rises while it is yet night and provides food for her household and portions for her maidens.

There is no remembrance of former things, nor will there be any remembrance of later things yet to be among those who come after.

The wise person has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that the same event happens to all of them.

and who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.

He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.

But better than both is he who has not yet been and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.

one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, "For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?" This also is vanity and an unhappy business.

There was no end of all the people, all of whom he led. Yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.

a man to whom God gives wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them. This is vanity; it is a grievous evil.

Moreover, it has not seen the sun or known anything, yet it finds rest rather than he.