God

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

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

¶ It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.

For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.

¶ The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

¶ Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.

¶ He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

¶ The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.

¶ The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.

¶ Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.

I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

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?

Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

¶ Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:

Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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

¶ He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.