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As the passing by of a hurricane, So the wicked is not, And the righteous is a foundation age-during.

As vinegar to the teeth, And as smoke to the eyes, So [is] the slothful to those sending him.

Hear counsel and receive instruction, So that thou art wise in thy latter end.

For as he hath thought in his soul, so [is] he, `Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart [is] not with thee.

So [is] the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off.

Say not, `As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'

As a vessel of snow in a day of harvest, [So is] a faithful ambassador to those sending him, And the soul of his masters he refresheth.

[As] cold waters for a weary soul, So [is] a good report from a far country.

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honour [is] not comely for a fool.

As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come.

As one who is binding a stone in a sling, So [is] he who is giving honour to a fool.

So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, `Am not I playing?'

As a bird wandering from her nest, So [is] a man wandering from his place.

As [in] water the face [is] to face, So the heart of man to man.

So -- the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, `I have not done iniquity.'

I said in my heart concerning the matter of the sons of man that God might cleanse them, so as to see that they themselves [are] beasts.

For an event [is to] the sons of man, and an event [is to] the beasts, even one event [is] to them; as the death of this, so [is] the death of that; and one spirit [is] to all, and the advantage of man above the beast is nothing, for the whole [is] vanity.

And this also [is] a painful evil, just as he came, so he goeth, and what advantage [is] to him who laboureth for wind?

For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So [is] the laughter of a fool, even this [is] vanity.

All this I have seen so as to give my heart to every work that hath been done under the sun; a time that man hath ruled over man to his own evil.