009:001

All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath

009:002

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead

009:003

For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion

009:004

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten

009:005

Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun

009:006

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works

009:007

Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment

009:008

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun

009:009

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

009:010

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all

009:011

For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them

009:012

This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me

009:013

There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it

009:014

Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man

009:015

Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard

009:016

The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools

009:017

Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good