Monthly Archives: August 2017

1 You should not speak anything rashly, nor should your heart be hasty to present a word before God. For God is in heaven, and you are on earth. For this reason, let your words be few. 2 Dreams follow many worries, and in many words foolishness will be found. 3 If you have vowed […]

1 There is also another evil, which I have seen under the sun, and, indeed, it is frequent among men. 2 It is a man to whom God has given wealth, and resources, and honor; and out of all that he desires, nothing is lacking to his life; yet God does not grant him the […]

1 Why is it necessary for a man to seek things that are greater than himself, when he does not know what is advantageous for himself in his life, during the number of the days of his sojourn, and while time passes by like a shadow? Or who will be able to tell him what […]

1 The wisdom of a man shines in his countenance, and even the expression of a most powerful man will change. 2 I heed the mouth of the king, and the commandment of an oath to God. 3 You should not hastily withdraw from his presence, nor should you remain in an evil work. For […]

1 I have drawn all these things through my heart, so that I might carefully understand. There are just men as well as wise men, and their works are in the hand of God. And yet a man does not know so much as whether he is worthy of love or of hatred. 2 But […]

1 Dying flies ruin the sweetness of the ointment. Wisdom and glory is more precious than a brief and limited foolishness. 2 The heart of a wise man is in his right hand, and the heart of a foolish man is in his left hand. 3 Moreover, as a foolish man is walking along the […]

1 Cast your bread over running waters. For, after a long time, you shall find it again. 2 Give a portion to seven, and indeed even to eight. For you do not know what evil may be upon the earth in the future. 3 If the clouds have been filled, they will pour forth rain […]

1 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the time of affliction arrives and the years draw near, about which you will say, “These do not please me.” 2 Before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain, 3 when […]