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He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.

Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.

The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.

When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,

You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?

…for it is better to be told, “Come up here!” than to be demoted in the presence of the prince. Even what you have seen with your own eyes,

…do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?

If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.

He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son—surely you know!

Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son—surely you know!

What shall I say, O my son? What, O son of my womb? What, O son of my vows?

What shall I say, O my son? What, O son of my womb? What, O son of my vows?

What shall I say, O my son? What, O son of my womb? What, O son of my vows?

…lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.

What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?

What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a miserable task God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!

What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.

What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.

I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.

I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”

I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.

Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?

Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?

So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.

For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?

What does the worker gain from his toil?

What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.

What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.

What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.

I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?

When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?

This too is a grievous affliction: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?

Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.

What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?

What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?

Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Whatever exists was named long ago, and it is known what man is; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.

For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?

For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?

Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?

What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it?

For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?

Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?

There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.

There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.

So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.

Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?

Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?

Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.

We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?

“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.

Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.

Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?

Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.

What more could have been done for My vineyard than I have done for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?

Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.

But this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘It will not arise; it will not happen.

For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:

“Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.

They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.

They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.

What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, who strikes you with a rod and lifts his staff against you as the Egyptians did.

And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,

And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,

What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”

For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”

Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt.

The land of Judah will bring terror to Egypt; whenever Judah is mentioned, Egypt will tremble over what the LORD of Hosts has planned against it.

And on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’”

For this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.

For this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.

O my people, crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel.

This is the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”

This is the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”

For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.

This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,

This is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “Go, say to Shebna, the steward in charge of the palace:

What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?

I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.

I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.

So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.

Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear what I say.

You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?

Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit,

For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.

You who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge My might.”

The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?

The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?

This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he cannot deliver you.

Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and drink water from his own cistern,

…to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.