Ecc 7:21  Also, do not take seriously all words which are spoken, so that you will not hear your servant cursing you.

Ecc 7:20  Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who continually does good and who never sins.

Ecc 7:19  Wisdom strengthens a wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.

Ecc 7:16  Do not be excessively righteous and do not be overly wise. Why should you ruin yourself?

Ecc 7:17  Do not be excessively wicked and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?

Ecc 7:18  It is good that you grasp one thing and also not let go of the other; for the one who fears God comes forth with both of them.

Ecc 7:15  I have seen everything during my lifetime of futility; there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness.

Ecc 7:14  In the day of prosperity be happy, But in the day of adversity consider—God has made the one as well as the other So that man will not discover anything that will be after him.

Ecc 7:13  Consider the work of God, For who is able to straighten what He has bent?

Pro 17:1  Better is a dry morsel and quietness with it Than a house full of feasting with strife.

Ecc 7:11  Wisdom along with an inheritance is good And an advantage to those who see the sun.

Ecc 7:10  Do not say, "Why is it that the former days were better than these?" For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this.