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2 Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight; you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.

14 For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.

9 I became greater by far than anyone in Jerusalem before me. In all this my wisdom stayed with me.

2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,

3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build,

7 a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,

2 And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still alive.

10 Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless.

1 A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of death better than the day of birth.

5 It is better to heed the rebuke of a wise person than to listen to the song of fools.

4 Anyone who is among the living has hope —even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!

17 The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools.

5 There is an evil I have seen under the sun, the sort of error that arises from a ruler:

8 Whoever digs a pit may fall into it; whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

7 and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

11 The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails—given by one shepherd.

6 a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away,

12 I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live.

15 Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account.

21 Who knows if the human spirit rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?”