Besides being wise, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs with great care.
He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005.
The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
These also are proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
Happy are your men! Happy are your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!
Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in thick darkness. I have indeed built you an exalted house, a place for you to dwell in forever.” Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood. And he said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to David my father, saying, ‘Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there. But I chose David to be over my people Israel.’
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