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 \q2 The day that we die is better than the day that we are born.
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 \v 2 It is better to go to a house where people are mourning about someone who has died
-\q2 than to go to a house where people are feasting,
+\q2 than to go to a house where people are feasting;
 \q1 everyone will have a day in which they die,
 \q2 and people who are alive should think about the day when they will die.
 
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-\v 3 It is better to be sad than to be always laughing,
+\v 3 It is better to be sad than to be always laughing
 \q2 because when we are sad, we can think better about the things that will make us wise and happy.
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 \v 4 Wise people go to where others are mourning to comfort them,
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@
 \q2 than to listen to the songs of a foolish person.
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 \v 6 By listening to foolish people laughing
-\q2 we will not learn anymore than by listening to the crackling of thorns being burned under a pot.
+\q2 we will not learn any more than by listening to the crackling of thorns being burned under a pot.
 \q2 Listening to fools is senseless.
 
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-\v 10 Do not say, "Things were a lot better previously,"
+\v 10 Do not say, "Things were much better previously,"
 \q2 because it is only foolish people who say that.
 
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@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@
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 \v 12 We are sometimes protected by being wise,
 \q2 as we are sometimes protected by having a lot of money.
-\q1 However, being wise is better than having a lot of money,
+\q1 However, being wise is better than having a lot of money
 \q2 because being wise prevents us from doing foolish things that would cause us to die.
 
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@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@
 
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-\v 15 During all the time that I have been alive I have seen many things that seem senseless.
+\v 15 During all the time that I have been alive, I have seen many things that seem senseless.
 \q1 I have seen righteous people die while they were still young,
 \q2 and I have seen wicked people remain alive for a very long time
 \q2 in spite of their continuing to be wicked.
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@
 \v 28 and I continued to try to learn more, but I could not find all that I was searching for. But one thing that I found out was that among one thousand people I found one righteous man, but I did not find even one righteous woman.
 
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-\v 29 I have learned only this: That when God created people, they were righteous, but they have found many ways to complicate their own lives.
+\v 29 I have learned only this: that when God created people, they were righteous, but they have found many ways to complicate their own lives.
 
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-\v 2 But we know that some time in the future we will all die.
+\v 2 But we know that sometime in the future, we will all die.
 \q1 It does not matter whether we act righteously or wickedly,
 \q2 whether we are good or whether we are bad,
-\q1 whether we are acceptable for worshiping God
+\q1 whether we are acceptable for worshiping God,
 \q2 or whether we have done things to cause us to be unacceptable.
 \q1 It does not matter if we offer sacrifices to God or if we do not.
 \q1 It does not matter if we do what we have promised God that we will do or if we do not.
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@
 \q1 the strongest soldiers do not always win the battle,
 \q1 the wisest people do not always have food,
 \q1 the smartest people do not always become rich,
-\q1 and the people who have studied a lot are not always honored by others.
+\q1 and the people who have studied much are not always honored by others.
 \q1 We cannot always control what things will happen to us and where they will happen.
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 \v 12 No one knows when he will die.
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@
 \q2 than they hear a king who is shouting to a foolish crowd.
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 \v 18 Being wise is more useful
-\q2 than having a lot of weapons;
+\q2 than having many weapons;
 \q1 however, if a person does just one foolish thing,
 \q2 he might ruin many good things that others have done.