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For if they fall, this one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him, the one that falls, and there is not another to lift him up.

Also if two lie together , then they have warmth; but for one, how is he warm?

For from the house of the imprisoned he goes forth to reign, although in his kingdom he was born poor.

Guard your feet when you go to the house of God, and draw near to hear, more than to give a sacrifice, as do the fools. For they do not know that they are doing evil.

Do not be hasty with your mouth, and do not let your heart hurry to bring forth a word before God. For God is in Heaven, and you are on earth; on account of this, let your words be few.

For the dream comes through the greatness of the task; and the voice of the fool is known by the many words.

When you vow a vow to God, do not wait to fulfill it. For He has no pleasure in fools. Fulfill that which you have vowed.

For in the multitude of dreams, both words and vanities abound; but fear God.

If you see the oppression of the poor, or the removing of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be amazed at the purpose. For a high one over a high one is watching; and high ones are over them.

There is a painful evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being kept for their owner to his evil;

And this also is a painful evil, that in all, as he came, so shall he go. And what profit is to him who has labored for the wind?

See what I have seen: It is good which a laborer does to eat and to drink and to see good in all his labor which as a laborer does under the sun, the number of the days of his life which God gives to him, for it is his portion.

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

A man to whom God has given riches, and wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires; yet God does not give him the power to eat of it, but a stranger eats it; this disease.

If a man fathers a hundred, and lives many years, and the days of his years are many, and his soul is not satisfied from the good, and also there is no burial for him; I say, a miscarriage is better than he.

For he comes in with vanity, and goes out in darkness; his name shall be covered in darkness.

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

For what is the advantage to the wise more than the fool? What advantage is to the poor who knows how to walk before the living?

For there are many things that increase vanity, and what is the advantage to man?

For who knows what is good for man in this life, the number of the days of his life of vanity? Even he makes them like the shadow. For who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?