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Ecclesiastes 7:11

7:11

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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to them that see
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the sun
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{good...: or, as good as an inheritance, yea, better too}

Ecclesiastes 6:8

6:8

For what hath the wise
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more
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than the fool
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what hath the poor
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that knoweth
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to walk
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before the living
<02416>_?

Ecclesiastes 6:11

6:11

Seeing there be
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many
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things
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that increase
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vanity
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what [is] man
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the better
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Ecclesiastes 7:16

7:16

Be not righteous
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over much
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neither make thyself over
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wise
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why shouldest thou destroy
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thyself? {destroy...: Heb. be desolate?}

Ecclesiastes 2:15

2:15

Then
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said
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I in my heart
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As it happeneth
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to the fool
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so it happeneth
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even to me
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and why was I then more
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wise
<02449> (8804)_?

Then I said
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in my heart
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that this also [is] vanity
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{happeneth even...: Heb. happeneth to me, even to me}

Ecclesiastes 12:9

12:9

And moreover
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because the preacher
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was wise
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he still taught
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the people
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knowledge
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yea, he gave good heed
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and sought out
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[and] set in order
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many
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proverbs
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{moreover...: or, the more wise the preacher was, etc}

Ecclesiastes 12:12

12:12

And further
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by these
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my son
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be admonished
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of making
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many
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books
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[there is] no end
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and much
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study
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[is] a weariness
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of the flesh
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{study: or, reading}