21:004:002 Wherefore I praised the dead which are
already dead more than
the
living which are yet alive.
21:004:003 Yea, better is he than both they, which
hath not yet been, who
hath
not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
21:004:004 Again, I considered all travail, and every
right work, that
for
this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is
also vanity
and
vexation of spirit.
21:004:005 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
21:004:006 Better is an handful with quietness, than
both the hands full
with
travail and vexation of spirit.
21:004:007 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
21:004:008 There is one alone, and there is not a
second; yea, he hath
neither
child nor brother: yet is there no end of all
his
labour;
neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither
saith
he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good?
This
is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
21:004:009 Two are better than one; because they have
a good reward for
their
labour.
21:004:010 For if they fall, the one will lift up
his fellow: but woe to
him
that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another
to
help
him up.
21:004:011 Again, if two lie together, then they have
heat: but how can
one
be warm alone?
21:004:012 And if one prevail against him, two shall
withstand him; and a
threefold
cord is not quickly broken.
21:004:013 Better is a poor and a wise child than
an old and foolish
king,
who will no more be admonished.
21:004:014 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas
also he that is
born
in his kingdom becometh poor.
21:004:015 I considered all the living which walk
under the sun, with the
second
child that shall stand up in his stead.
21:004:016 There is no end of all the people, even
of all that have been
before
them: they also that come after shall not rejoice
in
him.
Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
21:005:001 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house
of God, and be more
ready
to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools:
for they
consider
not that they do evil.
21:005:002 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not
thine heart be hasty
to
utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven,
and thou
upon
earth: therefore let thy words be few.
21:005:003 For a dream cometh through the multitude
of business; and a
fool’s
voice is known by multitude of words.
21:005:004 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer
not to pay it; for he
hath
no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast
vowed.


