009:004 For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 009:005 For the living know that they will die, but the dead don't know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. 009:006 Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun. 009:007 Go your way--eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works. 009:008 Let your garments be always white, and don't let your head lack oil. 009:009 Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun. 009:010 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going. 009:011 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all. 009:012 For man also doesn't know his time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them. 009:013 I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me. 009:014 There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. 009:015 Now a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. 009:016 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength. Nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. 009:017 The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools. 009:018 Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good. 010:001 Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor. 010:002 A wise man's heart is at his right hand, but a fool's heart at his left. 010:003 Yes also, when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool. 010:004 If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don't leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest. 010:005 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler.