Solomon Quotes

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It is better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be stupid and speak lies.

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Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

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Under the Sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor wealth to the intelligent, nor success to the skillful, but time and chance govern all. For man does not know his time.

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Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

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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.

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Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

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Answer not a fool according to his folly,lest thou also be like unto him.

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What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun

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Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fattened ox and hatred with it.

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Who is like the wise man? Who knows the solution to a problem? A man's wisdom lights up his face and softens his stern appearance. I say: Obey the king's orders out of regard for the oath to God. Do not rush to depart from his presence. Do not take a stand for anything bad; for he can do whatever he pleases, because the word of the king is absolute; who can say to him, 'What are you doing?

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Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

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

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My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

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Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do. Let your garments be always white. Let not oil be lacking on your head. Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.

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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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And also to the alien, who is not of Thy people Israel, but comes from a distant land on account of Thy fame; for hearing of Thy great name and Thy strong hand, and Thine outstretched arm, he comes to this house to pray... do Thou listen in the heavens, the place where Thou dwellest, and perform all that the alien begs of Thee, so that all the peoples of the earth may know Thy name, to fear Thee like Thine own people Israel, and to know that Thy name is proclaimed over this house that I have built.

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The insight of a man certainly slows down his anger, and it is beauty on his part to pass over transgression.

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Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. [Therefore do not compare your lot with another's lest you see their advantages and lose the joy of what you already have.]

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Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

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A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

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Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

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I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. It is a grievous task which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

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But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will ever touch them.

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In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

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