19 Grief also lingers in misery,and the life of the pooris a curse upon the heart.
20 Don’t give your heart over to grief;stay away from it,remembering your own end.
21 Don’t forget that there’s no coming back;you won’t do them any good,and you will hurt yourself.
22 Remember their sentence,because it’s yours also:"Yesterday it was I, and today it’s you!"
23 When the dead are at rest,put their memory to rest,and be comforted for themwhen their spirit has left.
24 The scribe’s wisdom dependson the opportunity for leisure,and whoever lacks busynesswill become wise.
25 How will people become wisewhen they take hold of a plowor pride themselvesin how well they handle an ox prod,when they drive cattleand are absorbed with their work,and their conversation is about bulls?