1. Who is clever enoughto explain everything?Wisdom makes you cheerfuland gives you a smile.
2. If you promised God that you would be loyal to the king, I advise you to keep that promise.
3. Don't quickly oppose the king or argue when he has already made up his mind.
4. The king's word is law. No one can ask him, “Why are you doing this?”
5. If you obey the king, you will stay out of trouble. So be clever and learn what to do and when to do it.
6. Life is hard, but there is a time and a place for everything,
7. though no one can tell the future.
8. We cannot control the wind or determine the day of our death. There is no escape in time of war, and no one can hide behind evil.
9. I noticed all this and thought seriously about what goes on in the world. Why does one person have the power to hurt another?
10. I saw the wicked buried with honour, but God's people had to leave the holy city and were forgotten. None of this makes sense.
11. When we see criminals commit crime after crime without being punished, it makes us want to start a life of crime.