TSK · Ecclesiastes 9:3

And the Lorde smelled a sweete or quiet sauour, and the Lord sayde in his heart: I wyll not hencefoorth curse the grounde any more for mans sake, for the imagination of mans heart is euyll euen from his youth: neyther wyll I smyte any more euery thyng lyuyng, as I haue done.

How much more then an abhominable and vyle man, which drincketh wickednesse like water.

Beholde, I was ingendred in iniquitie: and in sinne my mother conceaued me.

The vngodly is cast away for his iniquitie: but the ryghteous hath a good hope, euen in death.

For a wise man hath his eyes in his head, but the foole goeth in darknesse: I perceaued also that they both had one ende.

Because nowe that euyll workes are not hastyly punished, the heart of man geueth hym selfe ouer vnto wickednesse.

So I turned me vnto other thinges vnder the sunne, & I sawe that in running it helpeth not to be swift, in battell it helpeth not to be strong, to feeding it helpeth not to be wyse, to riches it helpeth not to be a man of muche vnderstanding, to be had in fauour it helpeth not to be cunning: but that all lieth in tyme and fortune.

Among all thynges, man hath the most deceiptfull and stubburne heart: Who shall then knowe it?

For from within, euen out of the heart of men, proceade euyll thoughtes, adulterie, fornication, murther,

Then he came to hym selfe, and sayde: Howe many hyred seruauntes at my fathers house haue bread inough, and I perishe with hunger?

And I punished them oft in euery synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme: and was yet more mad vpon them, and persecuted them, euen vnto straunge cities.

Beyng full of all vnrighteousnes, fornication, craftynesse, couetousnes, maliciousnes, full of enuie, murther, debate, deceite, euyll conditioned, whysperers,

But was rebuked of his iniquitie. The dumbe beast, and vsed to the yoke, speaking with mans voyce, forbad the madnesse of the prophete.