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Servants will not learn a lesson if you only talk to them. They might understand you, but they will not obey.

Fear can be a trap, but if you trust in the Lord , you will be safe.

Many people want the friendship of a ruler, but the Lord is the only one who judges people fairly.

If I have too much, I might deny that I need you, Lord . But if I am too poor, I might steal and bring shame to the name of my God.

Some people think they are pure, but they have done nothing to remove the filth of their sin.

a woman whose husband hated her but still married her, and a servant girl who becomes ruler over the woman she serves.

There are four things on the earth that are small but very wise:

Ants are small and weak, but they save their food all summer;

badgers are small animals, but they make their homes in the rocks;

locusts have no king, but they are able to work together;

lizards are small enough to catch with your hands, but you can find them living in kings' palaces.

"There are many good women, but you are the best."

Grace and beauty can fool you, but a woman who respects the Lord should be praised.

People live and people die, but the earth continues forever.

All rivers flow again and again to the same place. They all flow to the sea, but the sea never becomes full.

Words cannot fully explain things, but people continue speaking. Words come again and again to our ears, but our ears don't become full. And our eyes don't become full of what we see.

Someone might say, "Look, this is new," but that thing has always been here. It was here before we were.

I decided to learn how wisdom and knowledge are better than thinking foolish thoughts. But I learned that trying to become wise is like trying to catch the wind.

I said to myself, "I should have fun—I should enjoy everything as much as I can." But I learned that this is also useless.

But then I looked at everything I had done and the wealth I had gained. I decided it was all a waste of time! It was like trying to catch the wind. There is nothing to gain from anything we do in this life.