He that loveth silver shall not
And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
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Ecclesiastes
ECCLESIASTES OR, THE PREACHER
Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their labour.
There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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When goods increase, they are increased that eat them and what good is there to the owners thereof
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
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Sorrow is better than laughter for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
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A fool also is full of words a man cannot tell what shall be
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
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Ecclesiastes 12:3 In the day when the keepers of the house
In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened.
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Ecclesiastes 9:12 For man also knoweth not his time
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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Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished neither have they
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. Let thy garments be always
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For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
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