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The Value of Practical Wisdom
A good name is better than precious ointment,
And the day of death than the day of one’s birth;
A good name is better than precious ointment,
And the day of death than the day of one’s birth;
The Contrast of Wisdom and Folly
A good name is better than precious ointment,
and the day of death than the day of birth.
A good name is better than precious ointment,
and the day of death than the day of birth.
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 take it to heart.
Than to go to the house of feasting,
For that is the end of all men;
And the living will take it to heart.
It is better to go to the house of mourning
than to go to the house of feasting,
for this is the end of all mankind,
and the living will lay it to heart.
than to go to the house of feasting,
for this is the end of all mankind,
and the living will lay it to heart.
Sorrow is better than laughter,
for by sadness of face the heart is made glad.
for by sadness of face the heart is made glad.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,
But the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
But the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,
but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise
than to hear the song of fools.
than to hear the song of fools.
Surely oppression drives the wise into madness,
and a bribe corrupts the heart.
and a bribe corrupts the heart.
The end of a thing is better than its beginning;
The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning,
and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry,
For anger rests in the bosom of fools.
For anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Do not say,
“Why were the former days better than these?”
For you do not inquire wisely concerning this.
“Why were the former days better than these?”
For you do not inquire wisely concerning this.
Say not, “Why were the former days better than these?”
For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.
For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.
Wisdom is good with an inheritance,
And profitable to those who see the sun.
And profitable to those who see the sun.
Wisdom is good with an inheritance,
an advantage to those who see the sun.
an advantage to those who see the sun.
For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money,
and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
Consider the work of God;
For who can make straight what He has made crooked?
For who can make straight what He has made crooked?
Consider the work of God:
who can make straight what he has made crooked?
who can make straight what he has made crooked?
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him.
I have seen everything in my days of vanity:
There is a just man who perishes in his righteousness,
And there is a wicked man who prolongs life in his wickedness.
There is a just man who perishes in his righteousness,
And there is a wicked man who prolongs life in his wickedness.
Do not be overly righteous,
Nor be overly wise:
Why should you destroy yourself?
Nor be overly wise:
Why should you destroy yourself?
Be not overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
Do not be overly wicked,
Nor be foolish:
Why should you die before your time?
Nor be foolish:
Why should you die before your time?
Be not overly wicked, neither be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
It is good that you should take hold of this, and from that withhold not your hand, for the one who fears God shall come out from both of them.
Wisdom strengthens the wise
More than ten rulers of the city.
More than ten rulers of the city.
Wisdom gives strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
For there is not a just man on earth who does good
And does not sin.
And does not sin.
Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
Also do not take to heart everything people say,
Lest you hear your servant cursing you.
Lest you hear your servant cursing you.
Do not take to heart all the things that people say, lest you hear your servant cursing you.
For many times, also, your own heart has known
That even you have cursed others.
That even you have cursed others.
Your heart knows that many times you yourself have cursed others.
All this I have tested by wisdom. I said, “I will be wise,” but it was far from me.
As for that which is far off and exceedingly deep,
Who can find it out?
Who can find it out?
That which has been is far off, and deep, very deep; who can find it out?
I applied my heart to know,
To search and seek out wisdom and the reason of things,
To know the wickedness of folly,
Even of foolishness and madness.
To search and seek out wisdom and the reason of things,
To know the wickedness of folly,
Even of foolishness and madness.
I turned my heart to know and to search out and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know the wickedness of folly and the foolishness that is madness.
And I find something more bitter than death: the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.
“Here is what I have found,” says the Preacher,
“Adding one thing to the other to find out the reason,
“Adding one thing to the other to find out the reason,
Behold, this is what I found, says the Preacher, while adding one thing to another to find the scheme of things —
Which my soul still seeks but I cannot find:
One man among a thousand I have found,
But a woman among all these I have not found.
One man among a thousand I have found,
But a woman among all these I have not found.
which my soul has sought repeatedly, but I have not found. One man among a thousand I found, but a woman among all these I have not found.