Wherefore I perceive that {there is} nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that {is} his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, {and} easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. {partiality: or, wrangling}

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, {that} Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:

And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father {also} chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it {seemed} great unto me:

And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all {is} vanity.

Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise {man} glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty {man} glory in his might, let not the rich {man} glory in his riches:

What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise {child} shall have joy of him.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son {is} the heaviness of his mother.

For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. {he built...: Heb. he returned and built}

But if a man live many years, {and} rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh {is} vanity.

And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I {will chastise you} with scorpions.