Discovery BoxEcclesiastes 7:1-17
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
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[It is] better
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to the house
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of mourning
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to the house
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of feasting
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for
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that [is] the end
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of all men
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and the living
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[it] to his heart
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Sorrow
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[is] better
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than laughter
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for by the sadness
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of the countenance
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the heart
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{Sorrow: or, Anger}<03820>
The heart
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of the wise
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[is] in the house
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of mourning
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but the heart
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of fools
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[is] in the house
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of mirth
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[It is] better
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the rebuke
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of the wise
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than for a man
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the song
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of fools
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For as the crackling
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of thorns
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under a pot
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so [is] the laughter
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of the fool
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this also [is] vanity
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{crackling: Heb. sound}<01892>_.
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
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in spirit
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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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wisely
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concerning this. {wisely: Heb. out of wisdom}<02451>
Wisdom
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[is] good
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with an inheritance
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and [by it there is] profit
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the sun
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{good...: or, as good as an inheritance, yea, better too}<08121>_.
For wisdom
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[is] a defence
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[and] money
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[is] a defence
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but the excellency
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of knowledge
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[is, that] wisdom
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to them that have
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it. {defence: Heb. shadow}<01167>
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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God
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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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nothing
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after
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him. {set: Heb. made}<0310>
in the days
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of my vanity
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there is
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a just
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in his righteousness
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and there is a wicked
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[his life] in his wickedness
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