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Iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens his friend's face.

The keeper of the fig tree eats its fruit, so he keeping his master is honored.

As face reflects face in the water, so the heart of man reflects a man.

Sheol and destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no evil.

Surely, the squeezing of milk brings curds, and the squeezing of the nose brings blood, so the squeezing of wrath brings out strife.

The heart of her husband trusts in her, so that he has no lack of gain.

And I said in my heart, As the event of the stupid one, even so it will happen to me; and why then was I more wise? Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

So then I hated life; because the work that is done under the sun is evil to me; for all is vanity and striving after wind.

I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever; nothing is to be added to it, and nothing is to diminish from it. And God does it so that they fear before Him.

For that which happens to the sons of men, and that which happens to beasts, even one event is to them. As this one dies, so that one dies; yea, one breath is to all; so that there is to the man noadvantage over the beast; for all is vanity.

So I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter! And at the hand of those who oppressed them to them.

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?

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.

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

In the good day, be in good spirit , but also see in the evil day, that God has made one along with the other, so that man should not find anything after him.

And so I saw the wicked buried; and they came and went from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city, these things that they had done. This is also vanity.

All happens alike to all; one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him who sacrifices, and to him who does not sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; he who swears is as he that fears an oath.

As dead flies cause the perfumer's ointment to stink and ferment; so a little foolishness is heavier than wisdom and than honor.

As you do not know what is the way of the wind, as the bones in the pregnant woman's womb, even so you do not know the works of God who makes all.