Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.