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Ecclesiastes 7 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Wisdom and Folly Contrasted

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Better^H2896 is a good^H2896 name^H8034 than^H4480 good^H2896 oil^H8081,

And better is the day^H3117 of one’s death^H4194 than^H4480 the day^H3117 of one’s birth^H3205.

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Better^H2896 to go^H1980 to a house^H1004 of mourning^H60

Than^H4480 to go^H1980 to a house^H1004 of feasting^H4960

Because^H834 [fn]that is the end^H5490 of all^H3605 mankind^H120,

And the living^H2416 puts^H5414 this in his heart^H3820.

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Better^H2896 is vexation^H3708 than^H4480 laughter^H7814,

For when a face^H6440 is sad^H7455 a heart^H3820 may be^H3190 merry^H3190.

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The heart^H3820 of the wise^H2450 is in the house^H1004 of mourning^H60,

While the heart^H3820 of fools^H3684 is in the house^H1004 of gladness^H8057.

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Better^H2896 to listen^H8085 to the rebuke^H1606 of a wise^H2450 man^H2450

Than^H4480 for one^H376 to listen^H8085 to the song^H7892 of fools^H3684.

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For as the crackling sound^H6963 of thorn^H5518 bushes^H5518 under^H8478 a pot^H5518,

So^H3651 is the laughter^H7814 of the fool^H3684;

And this^H2088 too^H1571 is vanity^H1892.

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For oppression^H6233 gives^H1984 a wise^H2450 man^H2450 over to madness^H1984,

And a bribe^H4979 [fn]destroys^H6 the heart^H3820.

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Better^H2896 is the end^H319 of a matter^H1697 than^H4480 its beginning^H7225;

Better^H2896 is patience^H750 of spirit^H7307 than^H4480 haughtiness^H1364 of spirit^H7307.

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Do not be [fn]eager^H926 in your spirit^H7307 to be vexed^H3707,

For vexation^H3708 rests^H5117 in the bosom^H2436 of fools^H3684.

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Do not say^H559, “Why^H4100 is it that the former^H7223 days^H3117 were better^H2896 than^H4480 these^H428?”

For it is not from wisdom^H2451 that you ask^H7592 about^H5921 this^H2088.

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Wisdom^H2451 along^H5973 with^H5973 an inheritance^H5159 is good^H2896

And an advantage^H3148 to those who see^H7200 the sun^H8121.

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For wisdom^H2451 is a shadow^H6738 of protection as money^H3701 is a shadow^H6738 of protection,

And the advantage^H3504 of knowledge^H1847 is that wisdom^H2451 preserves^H2421 the lives^H2421 of its masters^H1167.

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See^H7200 the work^H4639 of God^H430,

For who^H4310 is^H3201 able^H3201 to straighten^H8626 what^H834 He has bent^H5791?

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In the day^H3117 when there is good^H2896 be of good^H2896 cheer^H2896,

But in the day^H3117 when there is evil^H7451 see^H7200—

God^H430 has made^H6213 the one^H2088 as well^H5980 as the other^H2088

So^H5921^H1700 that man^H120 will not find^H4672 out^H4672 anything^H3972 that will be after^H310 him.

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I have seen^H7200 everything^H3605 during my days^H3117 of vanity^H1892; there^H3426 is^H3426 a righteous^H6662 man^H6662 who perishes^H6 in his righteousness^H6664, and there^H3426 is^H3426 a wicked^H7563 man^H7563 who prolongs^H748 his life in his evildoing^H7451.

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Ecc 7:16 - Do not be excessively righteous, and do not be overly wise. Why should you make yourself desolate?

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Ecc 7:17 - Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a simpleminded fool. Why should you die before your time?

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Ecc 7:18 - It is good that you seize one thing and also not [fn]let go of the other; for the one who fears God comes forth with [fn]both of them.

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Wisdom^H2451 strengthens^H5810 a wise^H2450 man^H2450 more^H4480 than^H4480 ten^H6235 men with power^H7989 who^H834 are in a city^H5892.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:20

Ecc 7:20 - Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who continually does good and who never sins.

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Ecc 7:21 - Also, do not give your heart to all words which are spoken, so that you will not hear your slave cursing you.

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Ecc 7:22 - For your heart also knows that you likewise have many times cursed others.

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I tested^H5254 all^H3605 this^H2090 with wisdom^H2451, and I said^H559, “I will be^H2449 wise^H2449,” but it was far^H7350 from me.

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Ecc 7:24 - What has been is far away and exceedingly deep. Who can find it?

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Ecc 7:25 - I turned my heart to know, to explore, and to seek wisdom and an explanation, and to know the wickedness of foolishness and the simpleminded folly of madness.

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Ecc 7:26 - And I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, whose hands are chains. One who is good before God will escape from her, but the sinner will be captured by her.

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“See^H7200, I have found^H4672 this^H2088,” says^H559 the Preacher^H6953, “adding one^H259 thing^H259 to another^H259 to find^H4672 an explanation^H2808,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:28

Ecc 7:28 - which my soul still seeks but has not found. I have found one man out of a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all these.

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Ecc 7:29 - “See, I have found only this, that God made men upright, but they have sought out many devices.”

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