He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge,
And he who hurries with his feet [acting impulsively and proceeding without caution or analyzing the consequences] sins (misses the mark).

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

Most men make no secret of their kind acts: but where is a man of good faith to be seen?

Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

Even a child may be judged by his doings, if his work is free from sin and if it is right.

From Yahweh, are a man's steps, a son of earth, then - how can he discern his way?

The lamp of Yahweh, is the spirit of a son of earth, searching all the chambers of the inner man.

An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.

My son, bow down thine ear, and hearken unto the words of wisdom, apply thy mind unto my doctrine -

Hast thou seen a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before the mean.

As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears,
for it makes wings for itself
and flies like an eagle to the sky.

My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

The father of a righteous man shall greatly rejoice, and he that begetteth a wise son shall have joy of him:

My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.

Though thou say, Lo! we knew not this, Shall not, he that proveth hearts, himself, discern? And, he that formeth thy soul, himself, know? and bring back to a son of earth according to his deed?

My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:

Even so shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul, as soon as thou hast gotten it. And there is good hope; yea, thy hope shall not be in vain.

My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

And I see -- I -- I do set my heart, I have seen -- I have received instruction,

For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.

Do not rush out to argue your case [before magistrates or judges];
Otherwise what will you do in the end [when your case is lost and]
When your neighbor (opponent) humiliates you?

As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

Though his hate is covered with deceit, his sin will be seen openly before the meeting of the people.

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.

Revealed was the hay, and seen the tender grass, And gathered the herbs of mountains.

Because of the sin of the land, its troubles are increased; but by a man of wisdom and knowledge they will be put out like a fire.

Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

When the upright do well, there is great glory; but when evil-doers are lifted up, men do not let themselves be seen.

It is not good to show partiality—
yet a man may sin for a piece of bread.

He that will be rich all too soon, hath an evil eye; and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

He who robs his father or his mother
And says, “This is no sin,”
Is [not only a thief but also] the companion of a man who destroys.

An evil man is caught by sin,
but the righteous one sings and rejoices.

When the wicked increase, sin increases; but the righteous will see their downfall.

Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

Hast thou seen a man hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.

An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.

The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,

Surely, more brutish, am, I, than any man, nor doth, the understanding of a son of earth, pertain to me;

Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?

Make no addition to his words, or he will make clear your error, and you will be seen to be false.

There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways.

What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?

She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have become great and have acquired wisdom more than all they that have been before me over Jerusalem; and my heart hath seen much of wisdom and knowledge.

So I thought in my heart, to withdraw my flesh from wine, to apply my mind unto wisdom, and to comprehend foolishness until the time that among all the things which are under the Sun, I might see what were best for men to do, so long as they live under heaven.

Whenever I wanted something I had seen, I never refused that desire. Instead, I enjoyed everything I did, and this became the reward in what I had undertaken.

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.

Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

There is nothing good in a man who eateth, and hath drunk, and hath shewn his soul good in his labour. This also I have seen that it is from the hand of God.

For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.

I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

He has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time. He has also planted eternity [a sense of divine purpose] in the human heart [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]—yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning to the end.

yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it is a gift of God.

And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

I said to myself regarding the sons of men, “God is surely testing them in order for them to see that [by themselves, without God] they are [only] animals.”

And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion; for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

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.

And I have seen all the labour, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbour. Even this is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then,'saith he , do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

And, though an enemy should prevail against one, two, might make a stand before him, - and, a threefold cord, cannot soon be broken.

I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.

Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

Whatsoever one may be, long ago, was he called by his name, and it is known that it is - Son of Earth, - he cannot, therefore, contend with one stronger than he.

For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.

All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good and doesn't sin.

I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.

Look! this I have seen, said the Preacher, taking one thing after another to get the true account,

For which my soul is still searching, but I have it not; one man among a thousand have I seen; but a woman among all these I have not seen.

This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.