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Ecclesiastes 9

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But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hate man does not know. Everything before them is vanity,

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since one fate comes to all, to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil, to the clean and the unclean, to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As is the good man, so is the sinner; and he who swears is as he who shuns an oath.

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This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that one fate comes to all; also the hearts of men are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

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But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

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For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward; but the memory of them is lost.

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Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and they have no more for ever any share in all that is done under the sun.

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Go, eat your bread with enjoyment, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already approved what you do.

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Let your garments be always white; let not oil be lacking on your head.

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Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life which he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.

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Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

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Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.

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For man does not know his time. Like fish which are taken in an evil net, and like birds which are caught in a snare, so the sons of men are snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.

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I have also seen this example of wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me.

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There was a little city with few men in it; and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it.

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But there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

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But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heeded.

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The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.

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Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.

Ecclesiastes 10

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Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off an evil odor; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

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A wise man's heart inclines him toward the right, but a fool's heart toward the left.

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Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense, and he says to every one that he is a fool.

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If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for deference will make amends for great offenses.

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There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler:

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folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place.

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I have seen slaves on horses, and princes walking on foot like slaves.

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He who digs a pit will fall into it; and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.

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He who quarries stones is hurt by them; and he who splits logs is endangered by them.

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If the iron is blunt, and one does not whet the edge, he must put forth more strength; but wisdom helps one to succeed.

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If the serpent bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage in a charmer.

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The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.

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The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is wicked madness.

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A fool multiplies words, though no man knows what is to be, and who can tell him what will be after him?

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The toil of a fool wearies him, so that he does not know the way to the city.

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Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes feast in the morning!

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Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of free men, and your princes feast at the proper time, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

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Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks.

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Bread is made for laughter, and wine gladdens life, and money answers everything.

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Even in your thought, do not curse the king, nor in your bedchamber curse the rich; for a bird of the air will carry your voice, or some winged creature tell the matter.

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