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Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

I [counsel thee] to keep the king's commandment, and [that] in regard of the oath of God.

Though a sinner doeth evil a hundred times, and his [days] are prolonged, yet surely I know that it will be well with them that fear God, who fear before him:

But it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong [his] days, [which are] as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labor the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man may labor to seek [it] out, yet he shall not find [it]; yes further; though a wise [man] thinketh to know [it], yet shall he not be able to find [it].

For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, [are] in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred [by] all [that is] before them.

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

As thou knowest not what [is] the way of the spirit, [nor] the structure of the parts of conception in her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thy eyes: but know thou, that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment.

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return to God who gave it.

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this [is] the whole [duty] of man.

For God will bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether [it is] good, or whether [it is] evil.

Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

What mean ye [that] ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

Ask thee a sign from the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the hight above.

And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David? [Is it] a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?