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A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.

In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.

And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.

I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.

Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.

For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.