Ecclesiastes 9:7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. MC VC

Ecclesiastes 9:8 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. MC VC

Ecclesiastes 9:9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun. 1 I MC VC

Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. 8 I MC VC

Ecclesiastes 9:11 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 favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. MC VC

Ecclesiastes 9:12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them. 8 I MC VC

Ecclesiastes 9:13 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: MC VC

Ecclesiastes 9:14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: MC VC

Ecclesiastes 9:15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. MC VC

Ecclesiastes 9:16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. MC VC

Ecclesiastes 9:17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. 4 I MC VC

Ecclesiastes 9:18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good. 4 I MC VC

Ecclesiastes 10:1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. 4 I MC VC

Ecclesiastes 10:2 A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left. 2 I MC VC

Ecclesiastes 10:3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool. MC VC

Ecclesiastes 10:4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences. MC VC

Ecclesiastes 10:5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: MC VC

Ecclesiastes 10:6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. MC VC