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But better than both is the one who has never been, who has never seen the wrong that is done under the sun.

For if one of them falls, the other can help him up. But it is hard for the one who falls when there is no one to lift him up.

And if two lie down together, they keep warm. But how can one be warm alone?

One man is able to have power over him who is alone, but two can stand against him. It is not easy to break a rope made of three strings.

Watch your steps as you go to the house of God. Go near and listen but do not give the gift of fools. For they do not know they are sinning.

The sleep of the working man is pleasing, if he eats little or much. But the full stomach of the rich man does not let him sleep.

God gives a man riches and many good things and honor, so that he has everything he wants. But He does not allow him to have joy from them, for a stranger has joy from them. This is for nothing, and is very bad.

If a man becomes the father of a hundred children and lives many years until he is very old, but he is not happy with good things, and is not buried as he should be, then I say that the child who dies before it is born is shown more favor than he.

For wisdom keeps one from danger just as money keeps one from danger. But the good thing about much learning is that wisdom keeps alive those who have it.

In the day of well-being be happy. But in the day of trouble, think about this: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man can never know what is going to happen.

In the days of my life I have seen everything, but my life has been worth nothing. There is a right and good man who is destroyed while he is right and good. And there is a sinful man who lives long in his wrong-doing.

I tested all this with wisdom, and I said, "I will be wise," but it was far from me.

And I found that the woman whose heart is traps and nets, and whose hands are chains is more bitter than death. He who pleases God will get away from her. But the sinner will be taken in by her.

which I am still looking for but have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all these.

See, I have found only this, that God made men right, but they have found many sinful ways."

But it will not go well for the sinful man. His days will not be long like a shadow, because he does not fear God.

But there is hope for the one who is among the living. For sure a live dog is better off than a dead lion.

For the living know they will die. But the dead know nothing, and they will receive nothing further, for they are forgotten.

But a poor wise man was found in the city, and he brought the city out of its trouble by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

So I said, "Wisdom is better than strength." But the wisdom of the poor man is hated and his words are not carried out.