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Ecclesiastes 7:22-29

7:22

For oftentimes
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also thine own heart
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knoweth
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that thou thyself likewise hast cursed
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others
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7:23

All this
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have I proved
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by wisdom
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I said
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I will be wise
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but it [was] far
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from me.

7:24

That which is far off
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and exceeding deep
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who can find it out
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7:25

I applied
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mine heart
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to know
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and to search
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and to seek out
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wisdom
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and the reason
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[of things], and to know
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the wickedness
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of folly
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even of foolishness
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[and] madness
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{I applied...: Heb. I and mine heart compassed}

7:26

And I find
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more bitter
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than death
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the woman
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whose heart
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[is] snares
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and nets
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[and] her hands
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[as] bands
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whoso pleaseth
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God
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shall escape
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from her; but the sinner
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shall be taken
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by her. {whoso...: Heb. he that is good before God}

7:27

Behold
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this have I found
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saith
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the preacher
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[counting] one
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by one
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to find out
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the account
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{counting...: or, weighing one thing after another, to find out the reason}

7:28

Which yet my soul
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seeketh
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but I find
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not: one
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man
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among a thousand
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have I found
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but a woman
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among all those have I not found
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7:29

Lo
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this only
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have I found
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that God
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hath made
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man
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upright
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but they have sought out
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many
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inventions
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