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ECC 7:1
Ecclesiastes 7:1 |
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A good name is better than precious ointment;
and the day of death than the day of one's birth. |
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ECC 7:2
Ecclesiastes 7:2 |
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It is better to go to the house of mourning,
than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living
will lay it to his heart. |
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ECC 7:3
Ecclesiastes 7:3 |
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Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness
of the countenance the heart is made better. |
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ECC 7:4
Ecclesiastes 7:4 |
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The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning;
but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. |
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ECC 7:5
Ecclesiastes 7:5 |
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It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,
than for a man to hear the song of fools. |
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ECC 7:6
Ecclesiastes 7:6 |
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For as the crackling of thorns under a pot,
so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity. |
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ECC 7:7
Ecclesiastes 7:7 |
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Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and
a gift destroyeth the heart. |
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ECC 7:8
Ecclesiastes 7:8 |
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Better is the end of a thing than the beginning
thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. |
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ECC 7:9
Ecclesiastes 7:9 |
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Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for
anger resteth in the bosom of fools. |
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ECC 7:10
Ecclesiastes 7:10 |
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Say not thou, What is the cause that the former
days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. |
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ECC 7:11
Ecclesiastes 7:11 |
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Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it
there is profit to them that see the sun. |
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ECC 7:12
Ecclesiastes 7:12 |
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For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence:
but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have
it. |
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ECC 7:13
Ecclesiastes 7:13 |
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Consider the work of God: for who can make that
straight, which he hath made crooked? |
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ECC 7:14
Ecclesiastes 7:14 |
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In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the
day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to
the end that man should find nothing after him. |
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ECC 7:15
Ecclesiastes 7:15 |
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All things have I seen in the days of my vanity:
there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked
man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness. |
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ECC 7:16
Ecclesiastes 7:16 |
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Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself
over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself? |
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ECC 7:17
Ecclesiastes 7:17 |
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Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish:
why shouldest thou die before thy time? |
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ECC 7:18
Ecclesiastes 7:18 |
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It is good that thou shouldest take hold of
this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall
come forth of them all. |
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ECC 7:19
Ecclesiastes 7:19 |
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Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten
mighty men which are in the city. |
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ECC 7:20
Ecclesiastes 7:20 |
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For there is not a just man upon earth, that
doeth good, and sinneth not. |
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ECC 7:21
Ecclesiastes 7:21 |
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Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken;
lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: |
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ECC 7:22
Ecclesiastes 7:22 |
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For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth
that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others. |
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ECC 7:23
Ecclesiastes 7:23 |
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All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I
will be wise; but it was far from me. |
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ECC 7:24
Ecclesiastes 7:24 |
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That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who
can find it out? |
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ECC 7:25
Ecclesiastes 7:25 |
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I applied mine heart to know, and to search,
and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of
folly, even of foolishness and madness: |
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ECC 7:26
Ecclesiastes 7:26 |
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And I find more bitter than death the woman,
whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall
escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. |
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ECC 7:27
Ecclesiastes 7:27 |
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Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher,
counting one by one, to find out the account: |
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ECC 7:28
Ecclesiastes 7:28 |
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Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one
man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found. |
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ECC 7:29
Ecclesiastes 7:29 |
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Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made
man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. |
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