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Look on my right hand and see— there is no one who takes notice of me; no refuge remains to me; no one cares for me.

The clever see danger and hide; but the simple go on, and suffer for it.

Do you see those who are skillful in their work? They will serve kings; they will not serve common people.

Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind utter perverse things.

or else the Lord will see it and be displeased, and turn away his anger from them.

and see, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

Do you see persons wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for fools than for them.

The clever see danger and hide; but the simple go on, and suffer for it.

Do you see someone who is hasty in speech? There is more hope for a fool than for anyone like that.

Is there a thing of which it is said, "See, this is new"? It has already been, in the ages before us.

I saw all the deeds that are done under the sun; and see, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

I searched with my mind how to cheer my body with wine—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—and how to lay hold on folly, until I might see what was good for mortals to do under heaven during the few days of their life.

So I saw that there is nothing better than that all should enjoy their work, for that is their lot; who can bring them to see what will be after them?

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

When goods increase, those who eat them increase; and what gain has their owner but to see them with his eyes?

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, an advantage to those who see the sun.

See, this is what I found, says the Teacher, adding one thing to another to find the sum,

See, this alone I found, that God made human beings straightforward, but they have devised many schemes.

When I applied my mind to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on earth, how one's eyes see sleep neither day nor night,

Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.