<vn='1'>A good <sn="8034">name</s> is <sn="2896">better</s> than <sn="2896">precious</s><sn="4480 8081">ointment</s>; and the <sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="4194">death</s> than the <sn="4480 3117">day</s> of one's <sn="3205">birth</s>. </v>
<vn='2'> It is <sn="2896">better</s> to <sn="1980">go</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="60">mourning</s>, than to <sn="4480 1980">go</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="4960">feasting</s>: <sn="834">for</s><sn="1931">that</s> is the <sn="5490">end</s> of <sn="3605">all</s><sn="120">men</s>; and the <sn="2416">living</s> will <sn="5414">lay</s> it <sn="413">to</s> his <sn="3820">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="3708">Sorrow</s> is <sn="2896">better</s> than <sn="4480 7814">laughter</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> by the <sn="7455">sadness</s> of the <sn="6440">countenance</s> the <sn="3820">heart</s> is made <sn="3190">better</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>The <sn="3820">heart</s> of the <sn="2450">wise</s> is in the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="60">mourning</s>; but the <sn="3820">heart</s> of <sn="3684">fools</s> is in the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="8057">mirth</s>. </v>
<vn='5'> It is <sn="2896">better</s> to <sn="8085">hear</s> the <sn="1606">rebuke</s> of the <sn="2450">wise</s>, than for a <sn="4480 376">man</s> to <sn="8085">hear</s> the <sn="7892">song</s> of <sn="3684">fools</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3588">For</s> as the <sn="6963">crackling</s> of <sn="5518">thorns</s><sn="8478">under</s> a <sn="5518">pot</s>, <sn="3651">so</s> is the <sn="7814">laughter</s> of the <sn="3684">fool</s>: <sn="2088">this</s><sn="1571">also</s> is <sn="1892">vanity</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="3588">Surely</s><sn="6233">oppression</s> maketh a wise <sn="2450">man</s><sn="1984">mad</s>; and a <sn="4979">gift</s><sn="6">destroyeth</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3820">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="2896">Better</s> is the <sn="319">end</s> of a <sn="1697">thing</s> than the <sn="4480 7225">beginning</s> thereof: and the <sn="750">patient</s> in <sn="7307">spirit</s> is <sn="2896">better</s> than the <sn="4480 1362">proud</s> in <sn="7307">spirit</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>Be <sn="408">not</s><sn="926">hasty</s> in thy <sn="7307">spirit</s> to be <sn="3707">angry</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="3708">anger</s><sn="5117">resteth</s> in the <sn="2436">bosom</s> of <sn="3684">fools</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="559">Say</s><sn="408">not</s> thou, <sn="4100">What</s><sn="1961">is</s> the cause that the former <sn="7945 3117 7223">days</s><sn="1961">were</s><sn="2896">better</s> than <sn="4480 428">these</s>? <sn="3588">for</s> thou dost <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7592">inquire</s><sn="4480 2451">wisely</s><sn="5921">concerning</s><sn="2088">this</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="2451">Wisdom</s> is <sn="2896">good</s><sn="5973">with</s> an <sn="5159">inheritance</s>: and by it there is <sn="3148">profit</s> to them that <sn="7200">see</s> the <sn="8121">sun</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="2451">wisdom</s> is a <sn="6738">defense</s>, and <sn="3701">money</s> is a <sn="6738">defense</s>: but the <sn="3504">excellency</s> of <sn="1847">knowledge</s> is, that <sn="2451">wisdom</s> giveth <sn="2421">life</s> to them that <sn="1167">have</s> it. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="7200">Consider</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4639">work</s> of <sn="430">God</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="4310">who</s><sn="3201">can</s> make that <sn="8626">straight</s>, <sn="*853"></s><sn="834">which</s> he hath made <sn="5791">crooked</s>? </v>
<vn='14'>In the <sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="2896">prosperity</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="2896">joyful</s>, but in the <sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="7451">adversity</s><sn="7200">consider</s>: <sn="430">God</s><sn="1571">also</s> hath <sn="6213">set</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2088">one</s> over <sn="5980">against</s> the <sn="2088">other</s>, <sn="5921">to</s> the <sn="1700">end</s> that <sn="120">man</s> should <sn="4672">find</s><sn="7945 3808 3972">nothing</s><sn="310">after</s> him. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">All</s> things have I <sn="7200">seen</s> in the <sn="3117">days</s> of my <sn="1892">vanity</s>: there <sn="3426">is</s> a <sn="6662">just</s> man that <sn="6">perisheth</s> in his <sn="6664">righteousness</s>, and there <sn="3426">is</s> a <sn="7563">wicked</s> man that <sn="748">prolongeth</s> his life in his <sn="7451">wickedness</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="1961">Be</s><sn="408">not</s><sn="6662">righteous</s> over <sn="7235">much</s>; <sn="408">neither</s> make thyself over <sn="2449 3148">wise</s>: <sn="4100">why</s> shouldest thou destroy <sn="8074">thyself</s>? </v>
<vn='18'> It is <sn="2896">good</s><sn="834">that</s> thou shouldest take <sn="270">hold</s> of <sn="2088">this</s>; yea, <sn="1571">also</s> from <sn="4480 2088">this</s><sn="5117">withdraw</s><sn="408">not</s><sn="*853"></s> thine <sn="3027">hand</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> he that <sn="3373">feareth</s><sn="430">God</s> shall come <sn="3318">forth</s><sn="*853"></s> of them <sn="3605">all</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="2451">Wisdom</s><sn="5810">strengtheneth</s> the <sn="2450">wise</s> more than <sn="4480 6235">ten</s><sn="7989">mighty</s> men <sn="834">which</s><sn="1961">are</s> in the <sn="5892">city</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="3588">For</s> there is <sn="369">not</s> a <sn="6662">just</s><sn="120">man</s> upon <sn="776">earth</s>, <sn="834">that</s><sn="6213">doeth</s><sn="2896">good</s>, and <sn="2398">sinneth</s><sn="3808">not</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="7227 6471">oftentimes</s><sn="1571">also</s> thine own <sn="3820">heart</s><sn="3045">knoweth</s><sn="834">that</s> thou <sn="859">thyself</s><sn="1571">likewise</s> hast <sn="7043">cursed</s><sn="312">others</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="3605">All</s><sn="2090">this</s> have I <sn="5254">proved</s> by <sn="2451">wisdom</s>: I <sn="559">said</s>, I will be <sn="2449">wise</s>; but <sn="1931">it</s> was <sn="7350">far</s><sn="4480">from</s> me. </v>
<vn='24'>That which <sn="4100 7945 1961">is</s> far <sn="7350">off</s>, and exceeding <sn="6013 6013">deep</s>, <sn="4310">who</s> can find it <sn="4672">out</s>? </v>
<vn='25'><sn="589">I</s><sn="5437">applied</s> mine <sn="3820">heart</s> to <sn="3045">know</s>, and to <sn="8446">search</s>, and to seek <sn="1245">out</s><sn="2451">wisdom</s>, and the <sn="2808">reason</s> of things, and to <sn="3045">know</s> the <sn="7562">wickedness</s> of <sn="3689">folly</s>, even of <sn="5531">foolishness</s> and <sn="1947">madness</s>: </v>
<vn='26'>And <sn="589">I</s><sn="4672">find</s> more <sn="4751">bitter</s> than <sn="4480 4194">death</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="802">woman</s>, <sn="834 1931">whose</s><sn="3820">heart</s> is <sn="4685">snares</s> and <sn="2764">nets</s>, and her <sn="3027">hands</s> as <sn="612">bands</s>: whoso <sn="2896 6440">pleaseth</s><sn="430">God</s> shall <sn="4422">escape</s><sn="4480">from</s> her; but the <sn="2398">sinner</s> shall be <sn="3920">taken</s> by her. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="7200">Behold</s>, <sn="2088">this</s> have I <sn="4672">found</s>, <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="6953">preacher</s>, counting <sn="259">one</s> by <sn="259">one</s>, to find <sn="4672">out</s> the <sn="2808">account</s>: </v>
<vn='28'><sn="834">Which</s><sn="5750">yet</s> my <sn="5315">soul</s><sn="1245">seeketh</s>, but I <sn="4672">find</s><sn="3808">not</s>: <sn="259">one</s><sn="120">man</s> among a <sn="4480 505">thousand</s> have I <sn="4672">found</s>; but a <sn="802">woman</s> among <sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">those</s> have I <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4672">found</s>. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="7200">Lo</s>, <sn="2088">this</s><sn="905">only</s> have I <sn="4672">found</s>, <sn="834">that</s><sn="430">God</s> hath <sn="6213">made</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="120">man</s><sn="3477">upright</s>; but <sn="1992">they</s> have sought <sn="1245">out</s><sn="7227">many</s><sn="2810">inventions</s>. </v>