Study Desk

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for it is the end of every man; and the living will lay it to his heart.

Vexation is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the stupid one. And this also is vanity.

For oppression makes a wise man mad; and a bribe destroys the heart.

Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry; for vexation rests in the bosom of fools.

Do not say, Why was it that the former days were better than these? For you do not ask from wisdom concerning this.

For wisdom is in a shadow; and silver is in a shadow; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to those who have it.

Look at the work of God; for who can make that straight which He has bent?

It is good that you should take hold of this; yea, also from this do not let your hand rest; for he who fears God shall come forth with all of them.

For there is not a just man on the earth who does good, and does not sin.

For also your own heart knows that you yourself have also cursed others many times.

do not be hasty to go from before him. Do not take a stand in an evil thing, for he does whatever he pleases.

For he does not know what shall be. For who can tell him when it shall be?

All this I have seen. I gave my heart to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which a man rules over a man for his evil.

But it shall not be well for the wicked; and he shall not lengthen his days like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.

Then I praised mirth, because nothing is good for man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to be glad. For that shall go with him in his labor for the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

When I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth; for even by day and by night he does not see sleep in his eyes.

For all this I gave to heart, even to explain all this, that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God. Whether love or hatred, man does not know all that is before them.

For one who is chosen to be among all the living, there is hope. For a living dog is better than a dead lion.