Discovery Box| (1.00) | Ecc 10:9 |
| One who quarries stones may be injured by them; one who splits logs may be endangered by them. |
| (1.00) | Ecc 10:10 |
| If an iron axhead 1 is blunt and a workman 2 does not sharpen 3 its edge, 4 he must exert a great deal of effort; 5 so wisdom has the advantage of giving success. |
| (1.00) | Ecc 10:11 |
| If the snake should bite before it is charmed, 1 the snake charmer 2 is in trouble. 3 |
| (1.00) | Ecc 10:12 |
| The words of a wise person 1 win him 2 favor, 3 but the words 4 of a fool are self-destructive. 5 |
| (1.00) | Ecc 10:13 |
| At the beginning his words 1 are foolish and at the end 2 his talk 3 is wicked madness, 4 |
| (1.00) | Ecc 10:14 |
| yet a fool keeps on babbling. 1 No one knows what will happen; who can tell him what will happen in the future? 2 |
| (1.00) | Ecc 10:15 |
| The toil of a stupid fool 1 wears him out, 2 because he does not even know the way to the city. 3 |
| (1.00) | Ecc 10:17 |
| Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobility, 1 and your princes feast at the proper time 2 – with self-control and not in drunkenness. 3 |
| (1.00) | Ecc 10:18 |
| Because of laziness the roof 1 caves in, and because of idle hands 2 the house leaks. |
| (1.00) | Ecc 10:19 |
| Feasts 1 are made 2 for laughter, and wine makes life merry, 3 but money is the answer 4 for everything. |
| (1.00) | Ecc 10:20 |
| Do not curse a king even in your thoughts, and do not curse the rich 1 while in your bedroom; 2 for a bird 3 might report what you are thinking, 4 or some winged creature 5 might repeat your 6 words. 7 |
| (1.00) | Ecc 11:4 |
| He who watches the wind will not sow, and he who observes the clouds will not reap. 1 |
| (1.00) | Ecc 11:5 |
| Just as you do not know the path 1 of the wind, or how the bones form 2 in the womb of a pregnant woman, 3 so you do not know the work of God who makes everything. |
| (1.00) | Ecc 11:6 |
| Sow your seed in the morning, and do not stop working 1 until the evening; 2 for you do not know which activity 3 will succeed 4 – whether this one or that one, or whether both will prosper equally. 5 |
| (1.00) | Ecc 12:2 |
| before the sun and the light 1 of the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds disappear 2 after the rain; |
| (1.00) | Ecc 12:3 |
| when those who keep watch over the house 1 begin to tremble, 2 and the virile men begin to stoop over, 3 and the grinders 4 begin to cease because they grow few, and those who look through the windows grow dim, 5 |
| (1.00) | Ecc 12:10 |
| The Teacher sought to find delightful 1 words, and to write 2 accurately truthful sayings. 3 |
| (1.00) | Ecc 12:11 |
| The words of the sages are like prods, 1 and the collected sayings are like firmly fixed nails; they are given by one shepherd. |
| (1.00) | Ecc 12:12 |
| Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them. 1 There is no end to the making 2 of many books, and much study is exhausting to the body. 3 |
| (1.00) | Ecc 12:13 |
| Having heard everything, I have reached this conclusion: 1 Fear God and keep his commandments, because this is the whole duty 2 of man. |
