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\v 1 A good name is better than costly perfume,
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\q2 and the day of death is better than the day of birth.
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\q1
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\v 2 It is better to go to a house of mourning
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\q2 than to a house of feasting,
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\q1 for mourning comes to all people at the end of life,
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\q2 so living people must take this to heart.
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\q1
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\v 3 Grief is better than laughter,
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\q2 for after sadness of face comes gladness of heart.
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\v 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,
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\q2 but the heart of fools is in the house of feasting.
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\q1
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\v 5 It is better to listen to the rebuke of the wise
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\q2 than to listen to the song of fools.
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\q1
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\v 6 For like the crackling of thorns burning under a pot,
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\q2 so also is the laughter of fools.
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\q1 This, too, is vapor.
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\v 7 Extortion certainly makes a wise man foolish,
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\q2 and a bribe corrupts the heart.
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\q1
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\v 8 Better is the end of a matter than the beginning;
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\q2 and the people patient in spirit are better than the proud in spirit.
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\v 9 Do not be quick to anger in your spirit,
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\q2 for anger resides in the hearts of fools.
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\q1
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\v 10 Do not say, "Why were the days of old better than these?"
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\q2 For it is not because of wisdom that you ask this question.
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\v 11 Wisdom is as good as valuable things we inherit from our ancestors.
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\q2 It provides benefits for those who see the sun.
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\q1
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\v 12 For wisdom provides protection as money can provide protection,
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\q2 but the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to whoever has it.
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\v 13 Consider the deeds of God:
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\q1 Who can straighten out anything he has made crooked?
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\v 14 When times are good, live happily in that good,
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\q2 but when times are bad, consider this:
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\q1 God has allowed both to exist side by side.
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\q2 For this reason, no one will find out anything that is coming after him.
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\v 15 I have seen many things in my meaningless days.
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\q1 There are righteous people who perish in spite of their righteousness,
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\q1 and there are wicked people who live a long life in spite of their evil.
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\v 16 Do not be self-righteous,
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\q2 wise in your own eyes.
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\q1 Why should you destroy yourself?
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\v 17 Do not be too wicked or foolish.
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\q2 Why should you die before your time?
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\v 18 It is good that you should take hold of this wisdom,
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\q2 and that you should not let go of righteousness.
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\q1 For the person who fears God will meet all his obligations.
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\f + \ft Instead of \fqa will meet all his obligations \fqa* , some modern versions have different interpretations of this difficult passage. \f*
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\v 19 Wisdom is powerful in the wise man,
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\q2 more than ten rulers in a city.
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\v 20 There is not a righteous man on earth
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\q2 who does good and never sins.
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\v 21 Do not listen to every word that is spoken,
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\q2 because you might hear your servant curse you.
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\v 22 Similarly, you know yourself that in your own heart
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\q2 you have often cursed others.
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\v 23 All this have I proven by wisdom. I said,
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\q1 "I will be wise,"
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\q2 but it was more than I could be.
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\v 24 Wisdom is far off and very deep.
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\q2 Who can find it?
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\v 25 I turned my heart to learn and examine
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\q2 and seek wisdom and the explanations of reality,
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\q1 and to understand that evil is stupid
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\q2 and that folly is madness.
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\v 26 I found that more bitter than death is any woman
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\q2 whose heart is full of snares and nets,
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\q2 and whose hands are chains.
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\q1 Whoever pleases God will escape from her,
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\q2 but the sinner will be taken by her.
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\v 27 "Consider what I have discovered," says the Teacher. "I have been adding one discovery to another in order to find an explanation of reality.
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\v 28 This is what I am still looking for, but I have not found it. I did find one righteous man among a thousand, but a woman among all those I did not find.
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\v 29 I have discovered only this: That God created humanity upright, but they have gone away looking for many difficulties."
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