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highlighted Ecclesiastes 9:11 ESV
Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all.
Dec 15
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highlighted Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
Dec 15
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highlighted Ecclesiastes 9:5 ESV
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.
Dec 15
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highlighted Ecclesiastes 8:12 ESV
Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they fear before him.
Dec 14
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highlighted Ecclesiastes 8:6 ESV
For there is a time and a way for everything, although man's trouble lies heavy on him.
Dec 14
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highlighted Ecclesiastes 7:26 ESV
And I find something more bitter than death: the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.
Dec 14
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highlighted Ecclesiastes 7:20-21 ESV
Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.Do not take to heart all the things that people say, lest you hear your servant cursing you.
Dec 14
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highlighted Ecclesiastes 7:16 ESV
Be not overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
Dec 14
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highlighted Ecclesiastes 7:14 ESV
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him.
Dec 14
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highlighted Ecclesiastes 7:12 ESV
For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
Dec 14
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highlighted Ecclesiastes 7:9 ESV
Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the heart of fools.
Dec 14
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highlighted Ecclesiastes 7:8 ESV
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Dec 14
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highlighted Ecclesiastes 7:5 ESV
It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools.
Dec 14
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highlighted Ecclesiastes 5:18 ESV
Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot.
Dec 12
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highlighted Ecclesiastes 5:12 ESV
Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.
Dec 12
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highlighted Ecclesiastes 5:4 ESV
When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow.
Dec 12
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highlighted Ecclesiastes 5:2 ESV
Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few.
Dec 12
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highlighted Ecclesiastes 5:1 ESV
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.
Dec 12
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highlighted Ecclesiastes 4:12 ESV
And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Oct 3
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highlighted Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 ESV
For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.
Oct 3