The Holy Bible

(24) Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.

(2) Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.

(6) Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

(7) Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:

(10) Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

(11) There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

(12) There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

(15) The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:

(16) The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.

(16) The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.

(18) There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:

(25) The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

(30) A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

(3) Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

(4) It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:

(4) It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:

(12) She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.

(18) She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.

(21) She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.

(27) She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

(7) All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

(8) All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

(10) And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.

(10) And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.

(21) For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

(23) For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

(3) Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

(3) Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

(8) There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

(10) For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

(12) And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

(16) There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

(1) Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

(2) Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

(2) Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

(4) When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

(5) Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

(5) Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

(6) Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

(8) If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

(10) He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

(12) The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

(20) For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.

(2) A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

(3) If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.

(5) Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.

(6) Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

(7) All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

(9) Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

(10) Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.