As it is with the good, so with the sinful; as it is with those who take oaths, so with those who are afraid to take them.

Death Comes to All - For I considered all this in my heart, so that I could declare it all: that the righteous and the wise and their works are in.

Death Comes to All. 9 But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, chow the righteous and the wise and their deeds are din the hand of God.

So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God's hands, but no one knows whether love or...

1 So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God's hands, but no one knows whether love or hate awaits ...

For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either ...

1 So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God's hands, but no one knows whether love or hate awaits ...

CHAPTER 9 1All this I have kept in my heart and all this I examined: The just, the wise, and their deeds are in the hand of God.

Solomon declares that the righteous and the wise and what they do (their deeds) are in God's hands. This is an important conclusion.