Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you.

a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.

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 them.

Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun —all your meaningless days. For this is your lot in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun.

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth — for your love is more delightful than wine.

Let him lead me to the banquet hall, and let his banner over me be love.

Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the young women love you!

Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.

Take me away with you —let us hurry! Let the king bring me into his chambers. We rejoice and delight in you ; we will praise your love more than wine. How right they are to adore you!

Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the young women.