The Old Testament
| Book | Chapter | Verse | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecclesiastes | 6 | (7) All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. | |
| Ecclesiastes | 6 | (8) For what hath the wise more than the fool what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? | |
| Ecclesiastes | 6 | (9) Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit. | |
| Ecclesiastes | 6 | (10) That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he. | |
| Ecclesiastes | 6 | (11) Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better? | |
| Ecclesiastes | 6 | (12) For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? For who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? | |
| Ecclesiastes | 7 | (1) A GOOD name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. | |
| Ecclesiastes | 7 | (2) It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. | |
| Ecclesiastes | 7 | (3) Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. | |
| Ecclesiastes | 7 | (4) The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. | |
| Ecclesiastes | 7 | (5) It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. | |
| Ecclesiastes | 7 | (6) For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity. | |
| Ecclesiastes | 7 | (7) Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. | |
| Ecclesiastes | 7 | (8) Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. | |
| Ecclesiastes | 7 | (9) Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. | |
| Ecclesiastes | 7 | (10) Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this. | |
| Ecclesiastes | 7 | (11) Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. | |
| Ecclesiastes | 7 | (12) For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it. | |
| Ecclesiastes | 7 | (13) Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? | |
| Ecclesiastes | 7 | (14) In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. | |