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There is one that is alone, and he has not a second; yes, he has neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, [he says], do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yes, it is an intense travail.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falls, and does not have another to lift him up.

For out of prison he came forth to be king; yes, even in his kingdom he was born poor.

Keep your foot when you go to the house of God; for to draw near to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they don't even know how to do evil.

Don't be rash with your mouth, and don't let your heart be in a hurry to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and you are on earth: therefore let your words be few.

For a dream comes with a multitude of business, and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.

When you vow a vow to God, don't defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools: pay that which you vow.

For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, and in many words: but fear God.

If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, don't marvel at the matter: for one higher than the high regards; and there are higher than those.

And the advantage of a land is for everyone. There is a king to [protect] the cultivated field.

When goods increase, those that eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, except for looking at [them] with his eyes?

As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked he shall go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so he shall go: and what profit does he have that he labors for the wind?

Look, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him: for this is his portion.

For he shall not remember much the days of his life; because God answers [him] in the joy of his heart.

a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to eat thereof, but an alien eats it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

for it comes in vanity, and departs in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;

All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? [or] what has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?