1:2 “Futile! Futile!” laments the Teacher,
“Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!”
1:5 The sun rises and the sun sets;
it hurries away to a place from which it rises again.
2:13 I realized that wisdom is preferable to folly,
just as light is preferable to darkness:
3:10 I have observed the burden
that God has given to people to keep them occupied.
4:9 Two people are better than one,
because they can reap more benefit from their labor.
6:1 Here is another misfortune that I have seen on earth,
and it weighs heavily on people:
6:11 The more one argues with words, the less he accomplishes.
How does that benefit him?
7:5 It is better for a person to receive a rebuke from those who are wise
than to listen to the song of fools.
7:11 Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing;
it benefits those who see the light of day.
8:4 Surely the king’s authority is absolute;
no one can say to him, “What are you doing?”
9:4 But whoever is among the living has hope;
a live dog is better than a dead lion.
10:9 One who quarries stones may be injured by them;
one who splits logs may be endangered by them.
11:2 Divide your merchandise among seven or even eight investments,
for you do not know what calamity may happen on earth.