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Ecclesiastes 7

A good name
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[is] better
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than precious
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ointment
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and the day
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of death
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than the day
<03117>

of one's birth
<03205> (8736)_.

[It is] better
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to go
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to the house
<01004>

of mourning
<060>_,

than to go
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to the house
<01004>

of feasting
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for
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that [is] the end
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of all men
<0120>_;

and the living
<02416>

will lay
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[it] to his heart
<03820>_.

Sorrow
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[is] better
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than laughter
<07814>_:

for by the sadness
<07455>

of the countenance
<06440>

the heart
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is made better
<03190> (8799)_.

{Sorrow: or, Anger}

The heart
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of the wise
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[is] in the house
<01004>

of mourning
<060>_;

but the heart
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of fools
<03684>

[is] in the house
<01004>

of mirth
<08057>_.

[It is] better
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to hear
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the rebuke
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of the wise
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than for a man
<0376>

to hear
<08085> (8802)

the song
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of fools
<03684>_.

For as the crackling
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of thorns
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under a pot
<05518>_,

so [is] the laughter
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of the fool
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this also [is] vanity
<01892>_.

{crackling: Heb. sound}

Surely oppression
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maketh a wise man
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mad
<01984> (8779)_;

and a gift
<04979>

destroyeth
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the heart
<03820>_.

Better
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[is] the end
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of a thing
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than the beginning
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thereof: [and] the patient
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in spirit
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[is] better
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than the proud
<01362>

in spirit
<07307>_.

Be not hasty
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in thy spirit
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to be angry
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for anger
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resteth
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in the bosom
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of fools
<03684>_.

Say
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not thou, What is [the cause] that the former
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days
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were better
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than these? for thou dost not enquire
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wisely
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concerning this. {wisely: Heb. out of wisdom}

Wisdom
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[is] good
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with an inheritance
<05159>_:

and [by it there is] profit
<03148>

to them that see
<07200> (8802)

the sun
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{good...: or, as good as an inheritance, yea, better too}

For wisdom
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[is] a defence
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[and] money
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[is] a defence
<06738>_:

but the excellency
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of knowledge
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[is, that] wisdom
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giveth life
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to them that have
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it. {defence: Heb. shadow}

Consider
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the work
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of God
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for who can
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make [that] straight
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which he hath made crooked
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In the day
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of prosperity
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be joyful
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but in the day
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of adversity
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consider
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God
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also hath set
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the one over against
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the other, to the end
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that man
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should find
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nothing
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after
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him. {set: Heb. made}

All [things] have I seen
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in the days
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of my vanity
<01892>_:

there is
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a just
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[man] that perisheth
<06> (8802)

in his righteousness
<06664>_,

and there is a wicked
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[man] that prolongeth
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[his life] in his wickedness
<07451>_.

Be not righteous
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over much
<07235> (8687)_;

neither make thyself over
<03148>

wise
<02449> (8691)_:

why shouldest thou destroy
<08074> (8709)

thyself? {destroy...: Heb. be desolate?}

Be not over much
<07235> (8687)

wicked
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neither be thou foolish
<05530>_:

why shouldest thou die
<04191> (8799)

before thy time
<06256>_?

{before...: Heb. not in thy time?}

[It is] good
<02896>

that thou shouldest take hold
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of this; yea, also from this
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withdraw
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not thine hand
<03027>_:

for he that feareth
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God
<0430>

shall come forth
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of them all.

Wisdom
<02451>

strengtheneth
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the wise
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more than ten
<06235>

mighty
<07989>

[men] which are in the city
<05892>_.

For [there is] not a just
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man
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upon earth
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that doeth
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good
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and sinneth
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not.

Also take
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no heed
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unto all words
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that are spoken
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lest thou hear
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thy servant
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curse
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thee: {take...: Heb. give not thine heart}

For oftentimes
<06471> <07227>

also thine own heart
<03820>

knoweth
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that thou thyself likewise hast cursed
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others
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All this
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have I proved
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by wisdom
<02451>_:

I said
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I will be wise
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but it [was] far
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from me.

That which is far off
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and exceeding deep
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who can find it out
<04672> (8799)_?

I applied
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mine heart
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to know
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and to search
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and to seek out
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wisdom
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and the reason
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[of things], and to know
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the wickedness
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of folly
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even of foolishness
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[and] madness
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{I applied...: Heb. I and mine heart compassed}

And I find
<04672> (8802)

more bitter
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than death
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the woman
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whose heart
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[is] snares
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and nets
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[and] her hands
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[as] bands
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whoso pleaseth
<02896> <06440>

God
<0430>

shall escape
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from her; but the sinner
<02398> (8802)

shall be taken
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by her. {whoso...: Heb. he that is good before God}

Behold
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this have I found
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saith
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the preacher
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[counting] one
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by one
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to find out
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the account
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{counting...: or, weighing one thing after another, to find out the reason}

Which yet my soul
<05315>

seeketh
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but I find
<04672> (8804)

not: one
<0259>

man
<0120>

among a thousand
<0505>

have I found
<04672> (8804)_;

but a woman
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among all those have I not found
<04672> (8804)_.

Lo
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this only
<0905>

have I found
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that God
<0430>

hath made
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man
<0120>

upright
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but they have sought out
<01245> (8765)

many
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inventions
<02810>_.

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