10 Do not say, ‘Why were the old days better than these?’For it is not wise to ask such questions.
11 Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thingand benefits those who see the sun.
12 Wisdom is a shelteras money is a shelter,but the advantage of knowledge is this:wisdom preserves those who have it.
13 Consider what God has done:who can straightenwhat he has made crooked?
14 When times are good, be happy;but when times are bad, consider this:God has made the oneas well as the other.Therefore, no one can discoveranything about their future.
15 In this meaningless life of mine I have seen both of these:the righteous perishing in their righteousness,and the wicked living long in their wickedness.
16 Do not be over-righteous,neither be overwise –why destroy yourself?