Hello and welcome
back to His Words Are Life,
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I'm Kelly Mawrer and today
we will be reading, continuing
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in the book of
Proverbs together.
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But before we start let's pray.
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Dear heavenly Father thank
you for the wisdom that You
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have provided for us
that we will be reading today.
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Please send the Holy Spirit
that as we hear these words
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You will show us the application
that You have for them
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in our own lives.
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We love You so much and
thank You for loving us. Amen!
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We are beginning in Proverbs
chapter 30 with verse 29
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and this is the
King James version.
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There be three things
which go well, yea, four are
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comely in going:
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A lion which is the
strongest among beasts,
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and turneth not a way for any;
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A Greyhound; an he goat
also; and a king, against
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whom there is no rising up.
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If thou has done
foolishly in lifting up thyself,
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or if thou hast thought evil,
lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
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Surely the churning of
milk bringeth forth butter,
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and the wringing of the
nose bringeth forth blood:
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so the forcing of
wrath bringeth forth strife.
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And now Proverbs 31 and
this is the King James version.
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The words of King
Lemuel the prophecy that
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his mother taught him.
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What, my son? And
what, the son of my womb?
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And what, the son of my vows?
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Give not thy strength
unto women, nor thy ways to
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that which destroyeth kings.
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It is not for kings, O
Lemuel, it is not for kings
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to drink wine; nor
for princes strong drink:
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Lest they drink, and
forget the law, and pervert
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the judgment of
any of the afflicted.
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Give strong drink unto
him that is ready to parish
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and wine unto those
that be of heavy hearts.
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Let him drink, and
forget his poverty, and remember
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his misery no more.
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Open thy mouth for the
dumb in the cause of all such
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as are pointed to destruction.
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Opened thy mouth, judge
righteously, and plead the
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cause of the poor and the needy.
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Who can find a
virtuous woman? For her price
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is far above rubies.
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The heart of her husband
doth safely trust in her,
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so that he shall
have no need of spoil.
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She will do him
good and not evil all the
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days of her life.
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She's seeketh wool, and
flax, and worketh willingly
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with her hands.
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She is like the
merchants' ships; she bringeth
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her food from afar.
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She risesth also
while it is yet night,
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and giveth meat to her household
and a portion to her maidens.
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She considereth a
field, and buyeth it: with the
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fruit of her hands
she planteth a vineyard.
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She girdeth her
loins with strength, and
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strengtheneth her arms.
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She perceiveth that her
merchandise is good: her
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candle goeth not out by night.
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She layeth her hands to
the spindle, and her hands
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hold the distaff.
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She stretcheth out
her hand to the poor; yea,
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she reacheth forth
her hands to the needy.
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She is not afraid of
the snow for her household:
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for all her household
are clothed with scarlet.
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She maketh herself
coverings of tapestry;
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her clothing is silk and purple.
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Her husband is known in
the gates, when he sitteth
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among the elders of the land.
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She maketh fine
linen, and selleth it; and
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delivereth
girdles unto the merchant.
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Strength and honour are
her clothing; and she shall
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rejoice in time to come.
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She openeth her
mouth with wisdom; and in
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her tongue is
the law of kindness.
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She looketh well to
the ways of her household,
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and eateth not
the bread of idleness.
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Her children arise
up, and call her blessed;
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her husband also,
and he praiseth her.
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Many daughters
have done virtuously,
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but thou excellest them all.
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Favour is deceitful,
and beauty is vain: but
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a woman that feareth the
LORD, she shall be praised.
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Give her of the fruit
of her hands; and let her
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own works praise
her in the gates.
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We are beginning now in
the book of Ecclesiastes
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Chapter 1 and this is
the King James version.
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The words of the Preacher, the
son of David, king in Jerusalem.
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Vanity of vanities,
saith the Preacher, vanity of
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vanities; all is vanity.
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What profit hath a man
of all his labour which
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he taketh under the sun?
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One generation passeth
away, and another generation
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cometh: but the
earth abideth for ever.
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The sun also ariseth,
and the sun goeth down, and
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hasteth to his
place where he arose.
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The wind goeth toward
the south, and turneth about
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unto the north; it whirleth
about continually, and the
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wind returneth again
according to his circuits.
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All the rivers run into
the sea; yet the sea is not
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full; unto the place
from whence the rivers come,
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thither they return again.
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All things are full of
labour; man cannot utter it:
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the eye is not
satisfied with seeing, nor
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the ear filled with hearing.
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The thing that hath been,
it is that which shall be;
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and that which is done is
that which shall be done: and
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there is no new
thing under the sun.
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Is there any thing whereof
it may be said, See, this
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is new? it hath
been already of old time,
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which was before us.
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There is no remembrance
of former things; neither
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shall there be any remembrance
of things that are to
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come with those
that shall come after.
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I the Preacher was king
over Israel in Jerusalem.
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And I gave my heart to
seek and search out by wisdom
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concerning all things
that are done under heaven:
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this sore travail hath
God given to the sons of man
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to be exercised therewith.
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I have seen all the
works that are done under the
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sun; and, behold, all is
vanity and vexation of spirit.
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That which is crooked
cannot be made straight:
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and that which is
wanting cannot be numbered.
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I communed with mine
own heart, saying, Lo,
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I am come to great estate,
and have gotten more wisdom
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than all they that have
been before me in Jerusalem:
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yea, my heart
had great experience
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of wisdom and knowledge.
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And I gave my heart to
know wisdom, and to know
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madness and folly:
I perceived that this
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also is vexation of spirit.
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For in much wisdom is
much grief: and he that
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increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
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Continuing in the book of
Ecclesiastes Chapter 2 and
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this is the King James version.
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I said in mine heart, Go
to now, I will prove thee
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with mirth, therefore
enjoy pleasure: and, behold,
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this also is vanity.
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I said of laughter,
It is mad: and of mirth,
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What doeth it?
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I sought in mine heart
to give myself unto wine,
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yet acquainting mine heart
with wisdom; and to lay hold
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on folly, till I might
see what was that good for the
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sons of men, which they
should do under the heaven all
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the days of their life.
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I made me great
works; I builded me houses;
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planted me vineyards:
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I made me gardens and
orchards, and I planted trees
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in them of all kind of fruits:
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I made me pools of water,
to water therewith the wood
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that bringeth forth trees:
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I got me servants and
maidens, and had servants born
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in my house; also I had
great possessions of great and
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small cattle above all that
were in Jerusalem before me:
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I gathered me also silver
and gold, and the peculiar
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treasure of kings and of
the provinces: I gat me men
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singers and women singers,
and the delights of the sons
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of men, as musical instruments,
and that of all sorts.
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So I was great, and increased
more than all that were
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before me in Jerusalem:
also my wisdom remained with me.
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And whatsoever mine
eyes desired I kept not from
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them, I withheld not
my heart from any joy; for
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my heart rejoiced in all
my labour: and this was my
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portion of all my labour.
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Then I looked on all
the works that my hands had
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wrought, and on the labour
that I had laboured to do:
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and, behold, all was
vanity and vexation of spirit,
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and there was no
profit under the sun.
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And I turned myself to
behold wisdom, and madness,
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and folly: for what can the
man do that cometh after the
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king? even that which
hath been already done.
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Then I saw that wisdom
excelleth folly, as far as
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light excelleth darkness.
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The wise man's eyes are
in his head; but the fool
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walketh in darkness: and
I myself perceived also that
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one event happeneth to them all.
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Then said I in my
heart, As it happeneth to the
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fool, so it happeneth
even to me; and why was
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I then more wise?
Then I said in my heart,
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that this also is vanity.
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For there is no remembrance
of the wise more than
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of the fool for ever;
seeing that which now is in the
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days to come shall all be
forgotten. And how dieth the
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wise man? as the fool.
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Therefore I hated life;
because the work that is
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wrought under the sun is
grievous unto me: for all is
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vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Yea, I hated all my
labour which I had taken under
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the sun: because I
should leave it unto the man
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that shall be after me.
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And who knoweth
whether he shall be a wise man
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or a fool? yet shall he
have rule over all my labour
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wherein I have laboured,
and wherein I have shewed
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myself wise under the
sun. This is also vanity.
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Therefore I went about
to cause my heart to despair
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of all the labour
which I took under the sun.
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For there is a man
whose labour is in wisdom, and
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in knowledge, and in equity;
yet to a man that hath not
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laboured therein shall
he leave it for his portion.
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This also is
vanity and a great evil.
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For what hath man of
all his labour, and of the
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vexation of his
heart, wherein he hath
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laboured under the sun?
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For all his days are
sorrows, and his travail
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grief; yea, his heart
taketh not rest in the night.
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This is also vanity.
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There is nothing
better for a man, than that
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he should eat and
drink, and that he should make
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his soul enjoy good in
his labour. This also I saw,
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that it was
from the hand of God.
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For who can eat, or who else can
hasten hereunto, more than I?
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For God giveth to a man
that is good in his sight
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wisdom, and knowledge,
and joy: but to the sinner he
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giveth travail, to
gather and to heap up, that
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he may give to him
that is good before God.
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This also is vanity
and vexation of spirit.
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Continuing to read in the
book of Ecclesiastes this is
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Chapter 3 in the
King James version.
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To every thing there
is a season, and a time to
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every purpose under the heaven:
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A time to be born, and
a time to die; a time to
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plant, and a time to
pluck up that which is planted;
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A time to kill, and a
time to heal; a time to break
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down, and a time to build up;
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A time to weep, and a
time to laugh; a time to mourn,
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and a time to dance;
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A time to cast away
stones, and a time to gather
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stones together; a
time to embrace, and a time
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to refrain from embracing;
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A time to get, and a
time to lose; a time to keep,
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and a time to cast away;
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A time to rend, and a
time to sew; a time to keep
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silence, and a time to speak;
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A time to love, and a
time to hate; a time of war,
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and a time of peace.
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What profit hath he
that worketh in that
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wherein he laboureth?
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I have seen the travail,
which God hath given to the
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sons of men to
be exercised in it.
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He hath made every
thing beautiful in his time:
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also he hath set the
world in their heart, so that
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no man can find out the
work that God maketh from
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the beginning to the end.
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I know that there is no
good in them, but for a man
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to rejoice, and to
do good in his life.
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And also that every man
should eat and drink, and
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enjoy the good of all his
labour, it is the gift of God.
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I know that, whatsoever
God doeth, it shall be for
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ever: nothing can be put to
it, nor any thing taken from
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it: and God doeth it, that
men should fear before him.
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That which hath been is
now; and that which is to be
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hath already been; and God
requireth that which is past.
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And moreover I saw
under the sun the place of
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judgment, that wickedness
was there; and the place of
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righteousness,
that iniquity was there.
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I said in mine heart,
God shall judge the righteous
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and the wicked: for
there is a time there for every
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purpose and for every work.
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I said in mine heart
concerning the estate of the
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sons of men, that God
might manifest them, and that
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they might see that
they themselves are beasts.
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For that which befalleth
the sons of men befalleth
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beasts; even one thing befalleth
them: as the one dieth,
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so dieth the other; yea,
they have all one breath;
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so that a man hath no
preeminence above a beast:
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for all is vanity.
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