Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing. <...> Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full.
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever.
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
For there is not a just man upon earth,
that doeth good, and sinneth not.
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