Ecclesiastes 12:9

A Conservative Version

And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yea, he pondered, and sought out, [and] set in order many proverbs.

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And he spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were a thousand and five.

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel,

These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, who stand continually before thee, who hear thy wisdom.

And LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him. And there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two made a league together.

And those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.