God

If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?

or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.

My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter and the glory of kings to search it out.

For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.

Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.

Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD comprehend fully.

A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives light to the eyes of both.

The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high.

Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man receives justice from the LORD.

I have not learned wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.

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!

Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.

Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.

Two things I ask of You— do not refuse me before I die:

Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.

Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

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

Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.

To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.

and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.

I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.