12Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, I find no pleasure in them- 2before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds return after...
11Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again. 2Give portions to seven, yes to eight, for you do not know what disaster may come upon the land. 3If clouds are full of water, they pour rain upon the earth. Whether a tre...
10As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor. 2The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. 3Even as he walks along the road, the fool lacks sense and shows everyone how...
9So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God's hands, but no man knows whether love or hate awaits him. 2All share a common destiny-the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad, the clean...