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Ecclesiastes 1:12-18

I the Preacher
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was king
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over Israel
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in Jerusalem
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And I gave
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my heart
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to seek
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and search out
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by wisdom
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concerning all [things] that are done
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under heaven
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this sore
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travail
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hath God
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given
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to the sons
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of man
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to be exercised
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therewith. {to be...: or, to afflict them}

I have seen
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all the works
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that are done
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under the sun
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and, behold, all [is] vanity
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and vexation
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of spirit
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[That which is] crooked
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cannot
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be made straight
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and that which is wanting
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cannot
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be numbered
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{that which is wanting: Heb. defect}

I communed
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with mine own heart
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saying
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Lo, I am come to great estate
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and have gotten
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more wisdom
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than all [they] that have been before
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me in Jerusalem
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yea, my heart
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had great
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experience
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of wisdom
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and knowledge
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{had...: Heb. had seen much}

And I gave
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my heart
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to know
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wisdom
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and to know
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madness
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and folly
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I perceived
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that this
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also is vexation
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of spirit
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For in much
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wisdom
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[is] much
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grief
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and he that increaseth
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knowledge
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increaseth
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sorrow
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