A Place for Zinnias

Chapter 11 1 Cast your bread upon the waters; after a long time you may find it again. 2 Make seven or eight portions; you know n...

Chapter 10 1 More weighty than wisdom or wealth is a little folly! 2 The wise man's understanding turns him to his right; ...

Chapter 9 1 All this I have kept in mind and recognized: the just, the wise, and their deeds are in the hand of God. Love from hat...

1 Who is like the wise man, and who knows the explanation of things? A man's wisdom illumines his face, but an impudent look ...

Chapter 7 1 A good name is better than good ointment, and the day of death than the day of birth. 2 It is better to go to the h...

Chapter 6 1 There is another evil which I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon man: 2 there is the man to whom God g...

1 Be not hasty in your utterance and let not your heart be quick to make a promise in God's presence. God is in heaven and you are ...

Chapter 4 1 Again I considered all the oppressions that take place under the sun: the tears of the victims with none to comfort th...

Chapter 3 1 There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens. 2 A time to be born, ...

Chapter 2 1 I said to myself, "Come, now, let me try you with pleasure and the enjoyment of good things." But behold, th...

1 The words of David's son, Qoheleth, king in Jerusalem: 2 Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, vanity of vanities! All things are v...