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- Proverbs 3:12
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for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
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- Proverbs 6:7
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Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,
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- Proverbs 17:8
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A bribe is a charm to its giver; wherever he turns, he succeeds.
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- Proverbs 21:1
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The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
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- Proverbs 22:28
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Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.
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- Proverbs 23:1
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When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,
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- Proverbs 24:29
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Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
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- Proverbs 25:1
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These are additional proverbs of Solomon, which were copied by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:
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- Proverbs 25:7
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for it is better to be told, “Come up here!” than to be demoted in the presence of the prince. Even what you have seen with your own eyes,
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- Proverbs 25:28
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Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
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- Proverbs 31:1
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These are the words of King Lemuel—the burden that his mother taught him:
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- Ecclesiastes 1:10
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Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.
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- Ecclesiastes 1:13
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And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a miserable task God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!
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- Ecclesiastes 1:16
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I said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”
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- Ecclesiastes 2:3
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I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.
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- Ecclesiastes 2:10
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Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
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- Ecclesiastes 2:12
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Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?
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- Ecclesiastes 3:9
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What does the worker gain from his toil?
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- Ecclesiastes 3:10
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I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.
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- Ecclesiastes 3:11
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He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
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- Ecclesiastes 3:14
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I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.
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- Ecclesiastes 3:15
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What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.
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- Ecclesiastes 3:22
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I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?
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- Ecclesiastes 4:1
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Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
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- Ecclesiastes 4:2
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So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.
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- Ecclesiastes 4:3
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But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.
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- Ecclesiastes 4:9
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Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.
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- Ecclesiastes 4:13
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Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
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- Ecclesiastes 4:15
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I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed this second one, the youth who succeeded the king.
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- Ecclesiastes 4:16
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There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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- Ecclesiastes 5:1
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Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
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Source alternate reference: 4.17
- Ecclesiastes 5:4
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When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.
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Source alternate reference: 5.3
- Ecclesiastes 5:5
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It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.
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Source alternate reference: 5.4
- Ecclesiastes 5:15
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As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.
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Source alternate reference: 5.14
- Ecclesiastes 5:18
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Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
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Source alternate reference: 5.17
- Ecclesiastes 5:19
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Furthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God.
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Source alternate reference: 5.18
- Ecclesiastes 6:1
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There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:
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- Ecclesiastes 6:2
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God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.
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- Ecclesiastes 6:10
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Whatever exists was named long ago, and it is known what man is; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.
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- Ecclesiastes 6:12
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For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
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- Ecclesiastes 7:2
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It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.
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- Ecclesiastes 7:13
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Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?
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- Ecclesiastes 7:18
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It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.
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- Ecclesiastes 7:19
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Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.
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- Ecclesiastes 7:20
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Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
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- Ecclesiastes 7:21
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Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.
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- Ecclesiastes 7:22
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For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.
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- Ecclesiastes 7:26
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And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
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- Ecclesiastes 7:28
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While my soul was still searching but not finding, among a thousand I have found one upright man, but among all these I have not found one such woman.
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- Ecclesiastes 7:29
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Only this have I found: I have discovered that God made mankind upright, but they have sought out many schemes.”
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