One generation passes away, and another generation comes; But the earth abides forever.

Who knows the spirit of the sons of men, which goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, which goes down to the earth?

Do not be rash with your mouth, And let not your heart utter anything hastily before God. For God is in heaven, and you on earth; Therefore let your words be few.

For there is not a just man on earth who does good And does not sin.

There is a vanity which occurs on earth, that there are just men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that is done on earth, even though one sees no sleep day or night,

Give a serving to seven, and also to eight, For you do not know what evil will be on the earth.

If the clouds are full of rain, They empty themselves upon the earth; And if a tree falls to the south or the north, In the place where the tree falls, there it shall lie.

Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, And the spirit will return to God who gave it.