A good name H8034 [is] better H2896 than precious H2896 ointment H4480 H8081 ; and the day H3117 of death H4194 than the day H4480 H3117 of one's birth. H3205
[It] [is] better H2896 to go H1980 to H413 the house H1004 of mourning, H60 than to go H4480 H1980 to H413 the house H1004 of feasting: H4960 for H834 that H1931 [is] the end H5490 of all H3605 men; H120 and the living H2416 will lay H5414 [it] to H413 his heart. H3820
Sorrow H3708 [is] better H2896 than laughter H4480 H7814 : for H3588 by the sadness H7455 of the countenance H6440 the heart H3820 is made better. H3190
For H3588 as the crackling H6963 of thorns H5518 under H8478 a pot, H5518 so H3651 [is] the laughter H7814 of the fool: H3684 this H2088 also H1571 [is] vanity. H1892
Better H2896 [is] the end H319 of a thing H1697 than the beginning H4480 H7225 thereof: [and] the patient H750 in spirit H7307 [is] better H2896 than the proud H4480 H1362 in spirit. H7307
Say H559 not H408 thou, What H4100 is H1961 [the] [cause] that the former days H7945 H3117 H7223 were H1961 better H2896 than these H4480 H428 ? for H3588 thou dost not H3808 inquire H7592 wisely H4480 H2451 concerning H5921 this. H2088
For H3588 wisdom H2451 [is] a defense, H6738 [and] money H3701 [is] a defense: H6738 but the excellency H3504 of knowledge H1847 [is,] [that] wisdom H2451 giveth life H2421 to them that have H1167 it.
In the day H3117 of prosperity H2896 be H1961 joyful, H2896 but in the day H3117 of adversity H7451 consider: H7200 God H430 also H1571 hath set the one H2088 over against H5980 the other, H2088 to H5921 the end H1700 that man H120 should find H4672 nothing H7945 H3808 H3972 after H310 him.
H853 All H3605 [things] have I seen H7200 in the days H3117 of my vanity: H1892 there is H3426 a just H6662 [man] that perisheth H6 in his righteousness, H6664 and there is H3426 a wicked H7563 [man] that prolongeth H748 [his] [life] in his wickedness. H7451
[It] [is] good H2896 that H834 thou shouldest take hold H270 of this; H2088 yea, also H1571 from this H4480 H2088 withdraw H5117 not H408 H853 thine hand: H3027 for H3588 he that feareth H3373 God H430 shall come forth H3318 H853 of them all. H3605
Also H1571 take H5414 no H408 heed H3820 unto all H3605 words H1697 that H834 are spoken; H1696 lest H834 H3808 thou hear H8085 H853 thy servant H5650 curse H7043 thee:
I H589 applied H5437 mine heart H3820 to know, H3045 and to search, H8446 and to seek out H1245 wisdom, H2451 and the reason H2808 [of] [things] , and to know H3045 the wickedness H7562 of folly, H3689 even of foolishness H5531 [and] madness: H1947
And I H589 find H4672 more bitter H4751 than death H4480 H4194 H853 the woman, H802 whose H834 H1931 heart H3820 [is] snares H4685 and nets, H2764 [and] her hands H3027 [as] bands: H612 whoso pleaseth H2896 H6440 God H430 shall escape H4422 from H4480 her ; but the sinner H2398 shall be taken H3920 by her.
Which H834 yet H5750 my soul H5315 seeketh, H1245 but I find H4672 not: H3808 one H259 man H120 among a thousand H4480 H505 have I found; H4672 but a woman H802 among all H3605 those H428 have I not H3808 found. H4672
Lo H7200 , this H2088 only H905 have I found, H4672 that H834 God H430 hath made H6213 H853 man H120 upright; H3477 but they H1992 have sought out H1245 many H7227 inventions. H2810