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Your eyes will see strange things, And your heart will utter perverse things.

Lest the LORD see it, and it displease Him, And He turn away His wrath from him.

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increases; But the righteous will see their fall.

Do you see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Is there anything of which it may be said, "See, this is new"? It has already been in ancient times before us.

I searched in my heart how to gratify my flesh with wine, while guiding my heart with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.

I said in my heart, "Concerning the condition of the sons of men, God tests them, that they may see that they themselves are like animals."

So I perceived that nothing is better than that a man should rejoice in his own works, for that is his heritage. For who can bring him to see what will happen after him?

If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent perversion of justice and righteousness in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for high official watches over high official, and higher officials are over them.

When goods increase, They increase who eat them; So what profit have the owners Except to see them with their eyes?

Wisdom is good with an inheritance, And profitable to those who see the sun.

When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that is done on earth, even though one sees no sleep day or night,

For I considered all this in my heart, so that I could declare it all: that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God. People know neither love nor hatred by anything they see before them.

"O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, In the secret places of the cliff, Let me see your face, Let me hear your voice; For your voice is sweet, And your face is lovely."

Go forth, O daughters of Zion, And see King Solomon with the crown With which his mother crowned him On the day of his wedding, The day of the gladness of his heart.

I went down to the garden of nuts To see the verdure of the valley, To see whether the vine had budded And the pomegranates had bloomed.

The Beloved and His FriendsReturn, return, O Shulamite;Return, return, that we may look upon you! The ShulamiteWhat would you see in the Shulamite--As it were, the dance of the two camps? [fn]

Let us get up early to the vineyards; Let us see if the vine has budded, Whether the grape blossoms are open, And the pomegranates are in bloom. There I will give you my love.

That say, "Let Him make speed and hasten His work, That we may see it; And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, That we may know it."