21:009:008 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no
ointment.
21:009:009 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.
21:009:010 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.
21:009:011 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.
21:009:012 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.
21:009:013 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
21:009:014 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:
21:009:015 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.
21:009:016 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the
poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
21:009:017 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of
him that ruleth among fools.