ECCLESIASTES 9:9
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that [is] thy portion in [this] life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
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ECCLESIASTES 9:10
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for [there is] no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
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ECCLESIASTES 9:11
# I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
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ECCLESIASTES 9:12
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so [are] the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
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ECCLESIASTES 9:13
# This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it [seemed] great unto me:
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ECCLESIASTES 9:14
[There was] a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
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ECCLESIASTES 9:15
Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
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ECCLESIASTES 9:16
Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard.
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ECCLESIASTES 9:17
The words of wise [men are] heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
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ECCLESIASTES 9:18
Wisdom [is] better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
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ECCLESIASTES 10:1
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: [so doth] a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom [and] honour.
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ECCLESIASTES 10:2
A wise man's heart [is] at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
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