1 A good name 8034 is better 2896 than precious 2896 ointment 8081; and the day 3117 of death 4194 than the day 3117 of one's birth 3205.
2 It is better 2896 to go 3212 to the house 1004 of mourning 60, than to go 3212 to the house 1004 of feasting 4960: for 834 that is the end 5490 of all men 120; and the living 2416 will lay 5414 it to his heart 3820.
3 Sorrow 3708 is better 2896 than laughter 7814: for by the sadness 7455 of the countenance 6440 the heart 3820 is made better 3190.
4 The heart 3820 of the wise 2450 is in the house 1004 of mourning 60; but the heart 3820 of fools 3684 is in the house 1004 of mirth 8057.
5 It is better 2896 to hear 8085 the rebuke 1606 of the wise 2450, than for a man 376 to hear 8085 the song 7892 of fools 3684.
6 For as the crackling 6963 of thorns 5518 under a pot 5518, so is the laughter 7814 of the fool 3684: this also is vanity 1892.
7 Surely oppression 6233 maketh a wise man 2450 mad 1984; and a gift 4979 destroyeth 6 the heart 3820.
8 Better 2896 is the end 319 of a thing 1697 than the beginning 7225 thereof: and the patient 750 in spirit 7307 is better 2896 than the proud 1362 in spirit 7307.
9 Be not hasty 926 in thy spirit 7307 to be angry 3707: for anger 3708 resteth 5117 in the bosom 2436 of fools 3684.
10 Say 559 not thou, What is the cause that the former 7223 days 3117 were better 2896 than these? for thou dost not enquire 7592 wisely 2451 concerning this.
11 Wisdom 2451 is good 2896 with an inheritance 5159: and by it there is profit 3148 to them that see 7200 the sun 8121.
12 For wisdom 2451 is a defence 6738, and money 3701 is a defence 6738: but the excellency 3504 of knowledge 1847 is, that wisdom 2451 giveth life 2421 to them that have 1167 it.
13 Consider 7200 the work 4639 of God 430: for who can 3201 make that straight 8626, which he hath made crooked 5791?
14 In the day 3117 of prosperity 2896 be joyful 2896, but in the day 3117 of adversity 7451 consider 7200: God 430 also hath set 6213 the one over against 5980 the other, to the end 1700 that man 120 should find 4672 nothing 3972 after 310 him.
15 All things have I seen 7200 in the days 3117 of my vanity 1892: there is 3426 a just 6662 man that perisheth 6 in his righteousness 6664, and there is a wicked 7563 man that prolongeth 748 his life in his wickedness 7451.
16 Be not righteous 6662 over much 7235; neither make thyself over 3148 wise 2449: why shouldest thou destroy 8074 thyself?
17 Be not over much 7235 wicked 7561, neither be thou foolish 5530: why shouldest thou die 4191 before thy time 6256?
18 It is good 2896 that thou shouldest take hold 270 of this; yea, also from this 2088 withdraw 3240 not thine hand 3027: for he that feareth 3373 God 430 shall come forth 3318 of them all.
19 Wisdom 2451 strengtheneth 5810 the wise 2450 more than ten 6235 mighty 7989 men which are in the city 5892.
20 For there is not a just 6662 man 120 upon earth 776, that doeth 6213 good 2896, and sinneth 2398 not.
21 Also take 5414 no heed 3820 unto all words 1697 that are spoken 1696; lest thou hear 8085 thy servant 5650 curse 7043 thee:
22 For oftentimes 6471 7227 also thine own heart 3820 knoweth 3045 that thou thyself likewise hast cursed 7043 others 312.
23 All this 2090 have I proved 5254 by wisdom 2451: I said 559, I will be wise 2449; but it was far 7350 from me.
24 That which is far off 7350, and exceeding deep 6013, who can find it out 4672?
25 I applied 5437 mine heart 3820 to know 3045, and to search 8446, and to seek out 1245 wisdom 2451, and the reason 2808 of things, and to know 3045 the wickedness 7562 of folly 3689, even of foolishness 5531 and madness 1947:
26 And I find 4672 more bitter 4751 than death 4194 the woman 802, whose heart 3820 is snares 4685 and nets 2764, and her hands 3027 as bands 612: whoso pleaseth 2896 6440 God 430 shall escape 4422 from her; but the sinner 2398 shall be taken 3920 by her.
27 Behold 7200, this have I found 4672, saith 559 the preacher 6953, counting one 259 by one 259, to find out 4672 the account 2808:
28 Which yet my soul 5315 seeketh 1245, but I find 4672 not: one 259 man 120 among a thousand 505 have I found 4672; but a woman 802 among all those have I not found 4672.
29 Lo 7200, this only 905 have I found 4672, that God 430 hath made 6213 man 120 upright 3477; but they have sought out 1245 many 7227 inventions 2810.