[:en]Wisdom Words:
“A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of death better than the day of birth” (v. 1)
“It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of every man; the living should take this to heart” (v. 2)
“The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure” (v. 4)
“It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools” (v. 54)
“Extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart” (v. 7)
“The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride” (v. 8)
“Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fooso” (v. 9(
“Wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: that wisdom preserves the life of its possessor” (v. 12)
“When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, a man cannot discover anything about his future” (v. 14)
“Wisdom makes one wise man more powerful than ten rulers in a city” (v. 19)”There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins” (v. 20)
“Do not pay attention to every word people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you” (v. 21)
“God made mankind upright, but men have gone in search of many schemes” (v. 29″[:]