14. In the yom tovah be joyful, but in the yom ra'ah consider: HaElohim also hath set the one over against the other in such a way that adam may not find out anything that will come after him.
15. All things have I seen in the yamim of my hevel; there is a tzaddik that perisheth in his tzedakah, and there is a rasha that prolongeth his life in his ra'ah.
16. Do not be over much the tzaddik nor over much the chacham; why cause thyself desolation?
17. Be not over much resha, neither be thou foolish; why shouldest thou die before thy time?