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Wisdom for Life
A good reputation is more valuable than costly perfume.
And the day you die is better than the day you are born.
A good reputation is more valuable than costly perfume.
And the day you die is better than the day you are born.
The Value of 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.
Better to spend your time at funerals than at parties.
After all, everyone dies —
so the living should take this to heart.
After all, everyone dies —
so the living should take this to heart.
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: in that that is the end of all men, and the living taketh it to heart.
Sorrow is better than laughter,
for sadness has a refining influence on us.
for sadness has a refining influence on us.
Vexation is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
A wise person thinks a lot about death,
while a fool thinks only about having a good time.
while a fool thinks only about having a good time.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools in the house of mirth.
Better to be criticized by a wise person
than to be praised by a fool.
than to be praised by a fool.
It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise, than to hear the song of fools.
A fool’s laughter is quickly gone,
like thorns crackling in a fire.
This also is meaningless.
like thorns crackling in a fire.
This also is meaningless.
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
Extortion turns wise people into fools,
and bribes corrupt the heart.
and bribes corrupt the heart.
Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad, and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Finishing is better than starting.
Patience is better than pride.
Patience is better than pride.
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; better is a patient spirit than a proud spirit.
Control your temper,
for anger labels you a fool.
for anger labels you a fool.
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be vexed; for vexation resteth in the bosom of fools.
Don’t long for “the good old days.”
This is not wise.
This is not wise.
Say not, How is it that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
Wisdom is even better when you have money.
Both are a benefit as you go through life.
Both are a benefit as you go through life.
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, and profitable to them that see the sun.
Wisdom and money can get you almost anything,
but only wisdom can save your life.
but only wisdom can save your life.
For wisdom is a defence [as] money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, [that] wisdom maketh them that possess it to live.
Accept the way God does things,
for who can straighten what he has made crooked?
for who can straighten what he has made crooked?
Consider the work of God; for who can make straight what he hath made crooked?
Enjoy prosperity while you can,
but when hard times strike, realize that both come from God.
Remember that nothing is certain in this life.
but when hard times strike, realize that both come from God.
Remember that nothing is certain in this life.
In the day of prosperity enjoy good, and in the day of adversity consider: God hath also set the one beside the other, to the end that man should find out nothing [of what shall be] after him.
The Limits of Human Wisdom
I have seen everything in this meaningless life, including the death of good young people and the long life of wicked people.
Limits of Human Wisdom
All [this] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a righteous [man] that perisheth by his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his days] by his wickedness.
All [this] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a righteous [man] that perisheth by his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his days] by his wickedness.
So don’t be too good or too wise! Why destroy yourself?
Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
On the other hand, don’t be too wicked either. Don’t be a fool! Why die before your time?
Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from that withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God cometh forth from them all.
One wise person is stronger than ten leading citizens of a town!
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty [men] that are in a city.
Not a single person on earth is always good and never sins.
Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good and sinneth not.
Don’t eavesdrop on others — you may hear your servant curse you.
Also give not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee.
For you know how often you yourself have cursed others.
For also thine own heart knoweth that oftentimes thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
I have always tried my best to let wisdom guide my thoughts and actions. I said to myself, “I am determined to be wise.” But it didn’t work.
All this have I tried by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
Wisdom is always distant and difficult to find.
Whatever hath been, is far off, and exceeding deep: who will find it out?
I searched everywhere, determined to find wisdom and to understand the reason for things. I was determined to prove to myself that wickedness is stupid and that foolishness is madness.
I turned, I and my heart, to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom and reason, and to know wickedness to be folly, and foolishness to be madness;
and I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is nets and snares, [and] whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be caught by her.
“This is my conclusion,” says the Teacher. “I discovered this after looking at the matter from every possible angle.
See this which I have found, saith the Preacher, [searching] one by one to find out the reason;
Though I have searched repeatedly, I have not found what I was looking for. Only one out of a thousand men is virtuous, but not one woman!
which my soul yet seeketh, and I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found, but a woman among all those have I not found.