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3:16Moreover I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment, wickedness is there; and in the place of righteousness, wickedness is there. Compare
3:17I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and every work. Compare
3:18I said in my heart, This is so for the sake of the children of men, that God may prove them and that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts. Compare
3:19For what happens to the children of men happens also to beasts; even the same thing happens to them both: As the one dies, so dies the other; and they all have one breath; and man has no advantage over the beast; for all is vanity. Compare
3:20All go to one place: all are of dust, and all return to dust. Compare
3:21Who knows the breath of the children of men, that it goes upward; or the breath of the beasts, that it goes downward to the earth? Compare
3:22Therefore I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his works, for that is his portion. For who will bring him to see what will be after him? Compare
4:1Then again I saw all the acts of oppression that are done under the sun; and indeed, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of the oppressors was power, and they had no comforter. Compare
4:2And I praised the dead, who have already died, more than the living, who are still alive. Compare
4:3And better than both is he who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. Compare
4:4Then I saw all labor and all skill in work, that it is man's jealousy for his neighbor. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind. Compare
4:5The fool folds his hands together and consumes his own flesh. Compare
4:6Better is a handful with quietness than two hands full with labor and a chasing after wind. Compare
4:7Then again I saw vanity under the sun. Compare
4:8There is one alone and without a second; also he has no son or brother. Yet there is no end to all his labor; moreover his eye is not satisfied with riches. For whom then, he says, do I labor and deprive myself of good? This also is vanity and grievous travail. Compare
4:9Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor; Compare
4:10For if they fall, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls and does not have another to lift him up! Compare
4:11Again, if two lie together, they keep warm. But how can one be warm alone? Compare
4:12And while a man may prevail against the one, the two will withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. Compare
4:13Better is a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to be admonished. Compare
4:14For one can come forth from prison to reign, even though he was born poor in his kingdom. Compare
4:15I saw all the living that went about under the sun with the youth, the successor, who stood up in place of him. Compare
4:16There was no end to all the people, to all before whom he stood, yet even those who come after will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind. Compare
5:1Guard your steps when you go to the house of God, and draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know that they are doing evil. Compare
5:2Do not be rash with your mouth, and let not your heart hastily utter anything before God; for God is in heaven and you are on the earth; therefore let your words be few. Compare
5:3For a dream comes through a multitude of travail, and a fool's voice through a multitude of words. Compare
5:4When you make a vow to God, do not delay in paying it; for He takes no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow. Compare
5:5It is better that you do not vow than that you vow and not pay. Compare
5:6Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not say before the messenger that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice and destroy the works of your hands? Compare
5:7For in the multitude of dreams and in many words are also vanities. Rather, fear God. Compare

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