Qoheleth and Canticles

Ecclesiastes 1:18

For with much wisdom comes much sorrow;
    the more knowledge, the more grief.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet^[a] no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

Ecclesiastes 4:12

Though one may be overpowered,
    two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

Ecclesiastes 5:4

When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow.

Ecclesiastes 7:29

This only have I found:
    God created mankind upright,
    but they have gone in search of many schemes.”

Ecclesiastes 8:11

When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong.

Ecclesiastes 9:12

Moreover, no one knows when their hour will come:

As fish are caught in a cruel net,
    or birds are taken in a snare,
so people are trapped by evil times
    that fall unexpectedly upon them.

Ecclesiastes 10:1

As dead flies give perfume a bad smell,
    so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

Ecclesiastes 11:5

As you do not know the path of the wind,
    or how the body is formed^[a] in a mother’s womb,
so you cannot understand the work of God,
    the Maker of all things.

Ecclesiastes 12:13b

Now all has been heard;
    here is the conclusion of the matter:
Fear God and keep his commandments,
    for this is the duty of all mankind.

So 1:2

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth—
    for your love is more delightful than wine.

So 2:1-2

I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. Like a lily among thorns
    is my darling among the young women.

So 3:5-6

Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you
    by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
    until it so desires.

So 5:10

My beloved is radiant and ruddy,
    outstanding among ten thousand.

So 7:10

I belong to my beloved,
    and his desire is for me.

So 8:6

Place me like a seal over your heart,
    like a seal on your arm;
for love is as strong as death,
    its jealousy^[a] unyielding as the grave.
It burns like blazing fire,
    like a mighty flame.^[b