God

If you say, "We knew nothing about it,"won't he who weighs hearts discern it? Yes, he who guards you will know it and repay each one as his deeds deserve.

For ADONAI might see it, and it would displease him; he might withdraw his anger from your foe.

My son, don't get involved with revolutionaries, but fear ADONAI and the king.

God gets glory from concealing things; kings get glory from investigating things.

For you will heap fiery coals [of shame] on his head, and ADONAI will reward you.

A master can make anything, but hiring a fool is like hiring some passer-by.

Evil people don't understand justice, but those who seek ADONAI understand everything.

A grasping disposition stirs up strife, but he who trusts in ADONAI will prosper.

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

Fearing human beings is a snare; but he who trusts in ADONAI will be raised high [above danger].

Many seek the ruler's favor, but it is from ADONAI that each gets justice.

I have not learned enough wisdom to know the Holy One.

Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Who has cupped the wind in the palms of his hands? Who has wrapped up the waters in his cloak? Who established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name? Surely you know!

Every word of God's is pure; he shields those taking refuge in him.

Don't add anything to his words; or he will rebuke you, and you be found a liar.

[God,] I have asked two things of you; don't deny them to me as long as I live -

for if I have too much, I might deny you and say, "Who is ADONAI?"And if I am poor, I might steal and thus profane the name of my God.

Charm can lie, beauty can vanish, but a woman who fears ADONAI should be praised.

I wisely applied myself to seek out and investigate everything done under heaven. What a bothersome task God has given humanity to keep us occupied!

So there is nothing better for a man to do than eat, drink and and let himself enjoy the good that results from his work. I also realized that this is from God's hand.

For to the man who is good from [God's] viewpoint he gives wisdom, knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the task of collecting and accumulating things to leave to him who is good from God's viewpoint. This too is pointless and feeding on wind.

I have seen the task God has given humanity to keep us occupied.

He has made everything suited to its time; also, he has given human beings an awareness of eternity; but in such a way that they can't fully comprehend, from beginning to end, the things God does.

Still, the fact that everyone can eat and drink and enjoy the good that results from all his work, is a gift of God.

I know that whatever God does will last forever; there is nothing to add or subtract from it; and God has done it so that people will fear him.