Hello and welcome to
"His Words are Life."
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I am Kelly Mower and thank
you for joining with me today
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to reading in the book
of Ecclesiastes, together.
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Before we start, let's pray.
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Dear Heavenly
Father, I thank you so much
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for Your care and Your blessings
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in Your keeping
in all of our lives
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to bring us this moment
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where we can sit
and hear Your word.
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Please send Your Holy Spirit
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to show us the personal
way you want to plant this word
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into our hearts and bring
forth fruit to your glory.
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We love you so much and
thank you for loving us, amen.
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We are reading in
the book of Ecclesiastes
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Chapter 8,
beginning with verse 9
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and this is the
King James Version.
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All this have I
seen, and applied my heart
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unto every work that
is done under the sun,
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there is a time
wherein one man ruleth
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over another to his own hurt.
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And so I saw the wicked buried,
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who had come and gone
from the place of the holy,
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and they were
forgotten in the city
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where they had so
done, this is also vanity.
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Because sentence
against an evil work
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is not executed speedily,
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therefore the
heart of the sons of men
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is fully set in them to do evil.
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Though a sinner do
evil an hundred times,
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and his days be prolonged,
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yet surely I know that
it shall be well with them
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that fear God,
which fear before him.
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But it shall not be
well with the wicked,
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neither shall he
prolong his days,
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which are as a shadow,
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because he
feareth not before God.
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There is a vanity
which is done upon the earth,
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that there be just
men, unto whom it happeneth
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according to the
work of the wicked,
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again, there be wicked men,
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to whom it happeneth according
to the work of the righteous,
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I said that this also is vanity.
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Then I commended mirth,
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because a man hath no
better thing under the sun,
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than to eat, and to
drink, and to be merry,
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for that shall abide with him
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of his labour
the days of his life,
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which God giveth
him under the sun.
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When I applied mine
heart to know wisdom,
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and to see the business
that is done upon the earth,
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for also there is
that neither day nor night
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seeth sleep with his eyes.
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Then I beheld
all the work of God,
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that a man
cannot find out the work
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that is done under the sun,
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because though a man
labour to seek it out,
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yet he shall not
find it, yea further,
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though a wise
man think to know it,
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yet shall he not
be able to find it.
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Continuing in
Ecclesiastes Chapter 9,
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this is the King James Version.
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For all this I
considered in my heart
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even to declare all
this, that the righteous,
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and the wise, and their
works, are in the hand of God,
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no man knoweth
either love or hatred
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by all that is before them.
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All things come alike to all,
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there is one
event to the righteous,
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and to the wicked, to
the good and to the clean,
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and to the unclean,
to him that sacrificeth,
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and to him that sacrificeth not,
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as is the good,
so is the sinner,
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and he that sweareth,
as he that feareth an oath.
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This is an evil among all things
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that are done under the sun,
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that there is
one event unto all,
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yea, also the heart of the
sons of men is full of evil,
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and madness is in
their heart while they live,
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and after that
they go to the dead.
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For to him that is joined to
all the living there is hope,
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for a living dog is
better than a dead lion.
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For the living know
that they shall die,
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but the dead know not any thing,
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neither have they
any more a reward,
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for the memory of
them is forgotten.
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Also their love,
and their hatred,
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and their envy, is now perished,
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neither have they any
more a portion for ever
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in any thing that
is done under the sun.
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Go thy way, eat
thy bread with joy,
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and drink thy wine
with a merry heart,
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for God now accepteth thy works.
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Let thy
garments be always white,
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and let thy head
lack no ointment.
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Live joyfully with
the wife whom thou lovest
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all the days of
the life of thy vanity,
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which he hath
given thee under the sun,
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all the days of thy vanity,
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for that is thy
portion in this life,
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and in thy labour which
thou takest under the sun.
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Whatsoever thy
hand findeth to do,
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do it with thy
might, for there is no work,
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nor device, nor
knowledge, nor wisdom,
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in the grave,
whither thou goest.
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I returned, and
saw under the sun,
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that the race is
not to the swift,
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nor the battle to the strong,
neither yet bread to the wise,
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nor yet riches to
men of understanding,
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nor yet favour to men of skill,
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but time and chance
happeneth to them all.
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For man also
knoweth not his time,
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as the fishes that
are taken in an evil net,
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and as the birds that
are caught in the snare,
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so are the sons of men
snared in an evil time,
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when it falleth
suddenly upon them.
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This wisdom have I
seen also under the sun,
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and it seemed great unto
me, there was a little city,
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and few men within it,
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and there came a
great king against it,
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and besieged it, and
built great bulwarks against it.
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Now there was found
in it a poor wise man,
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and he by his
wisdom delivered the city,
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yet no man
remembered that same poor man.
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Then said I, Wisdom
is better than strength,
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nevertheless the poor
man's wisdom is despised,
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and his words are not heard.
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The words of wise
men are heard in quiet
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more than the cry of
him that ruleth among fools.
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Wisdom is better
than weapons of war,
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but one sinner
destroyeth much good.
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Continuing in the
book of the Ecclesiastes
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Chapter 10, and this
is the King James Version.
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Dead flies cause the
ointment of the apothecary
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to send forth a stinking savour,
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so doth a little folly
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him that is in reputation
for wisdom and honour.
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A wise man's heart
is at his right hand,
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but a fool's heart at his left.
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Yea also, when he that is
a fool walketh by the way,
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his wisdom faileth him,
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and he saith to every
one that he is a fool.
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If the spirit of the
ruler rise up against thee,
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leave not thy place,
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for yielding
pacifieth great offences.
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There is an evil which
I have seen under the sun,
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as an error which
proceedeth from the ruler,
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Folly is set in great dignity,
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and the rich sit in low place.
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I have seen
servants upon horses,
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and princes walking as
servants upon the earth.
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He that diggeth a
pit shall fall into it,
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and whoso breaketh an hedge,
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a serpent shall bite him.
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Whoso removeth stones
shall be hurt therewith,
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and he that cleaveth wood
shall be endangered thereby.
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If the iron be blunt,
and he do not whet the edge,
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then must he put
to more strength,
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but wisdom is
profitable to direct.
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Surely the serpent will
bite without enchantment,
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and a babbler is no better.
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The words of a wise
man's mouth are gracious,
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but the lips of a fool
will swallow up himself.
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The beginning of the words
of his mouth is foolishness,
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and the end of his
talk is mischievous madness.
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A fool also is full of words,
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a man cannot tell what shall be,
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and what shall be
after him, who can tell him?
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The labour of the foolish
wearieth every one of them,
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because he knoweth
not how to go to the city.
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Woe to thee, O land,
when thy king is a child,
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and thy princes
eat in the morning!
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Blessed art thou, O land, when
thy king is the son of nobles,
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and thy princes
eat in due season,
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for strength, and
not for drunkenness!
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By much slothfulness
the building decayeth,
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and through
idleness of the hands
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the house droppeth through.
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A feast is made for
laughter, and wine maketh merry,
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but money answereth all things.
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Curse not the king,
no not in thy thought,
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and curse not the
rich in thy bedchamber,
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for a bird of the air
shall carry the voice,
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and that which hath
wings shall tell the matter.
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Continuing in
Ecclesiastes Chapter 11,
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and this is the
King James Version.
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Cast thy bread upon the waters,
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for thou shalt
find it after many days.
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Give a portion to
seven, and also to eight,
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for thou knowest not what
evil shall be upon the earth.
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If the clouds be full of rain,
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they empty
themselves upon the earth,
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and if the tree
fall toward the south,
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or toward the
north, in the place
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where the tree
falleth, there it shall be.
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He that observeth
the wind shall not sow,
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and he that regardeth
the clouds shall not reap.
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As thou knowest not what
is the way of the spirit,
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nor how the bones do grow
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in the womb of her
that is with child,
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even so thou knowest not
the works of God who maketh all.
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In the morning sow thy seed,
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and in the evening
withhold not thine hand,
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for thou knowest not
whether shall prosper,
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either this or that,
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or whether they
both shall be alike good.
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Truly the light is sweet,
and a pleasant thing it is
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for the eyes to behold the sun.
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But if a man live many
years, and rejoice in them all,
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yet let him remember
the days of darkness,
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for they shall be many.
All that cometh is vanity.
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Rejoice, O young
man, in thy youth,
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and let thy heart cheer
thee in the days of thy youth,
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and walk in the
ways of thine heart,
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and in the sight of thine eyes,
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but know thou, that
for all these things
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God will bring
thee into judgment.
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Therefore remove
sorrow from thy heart,
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and put away
evil from thy flesh,
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for childhood
and youth are vanity.
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Continuing in the book
of Ecclesiastes Chapter 12,
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this is the King James Version.
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Remember now thy Creator
in the days of thy youth,
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while the evil days come
not, nor the years draw nigh,
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when thou shalt say, I
have no pleasure in them,
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While the sun, or the light,
or the moon, or the stars,
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be not darkened, nor the
clouds return after the rain,
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In the day when the keepers
of the house shall tremble,
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and the strong men
shall bow themselves,
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and the grinders
cease because they are few,
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and those that look out
of the windows be darkened,
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And the doors shall
be shut in the streets,
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when the sound of
the grinding is low,
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and he shall rise up
at the voice of the bird,
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and all the daughters of
musick shall be brought low,
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Also when they shall be
afraid of that which is high,
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and fears shall be in the way,
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and the almond
tree shall flourish,
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and the
grasshopper shall be a burden,
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and desire shall fail, because
man goeth to his long home,
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and the mourners
go about the streets.
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Or ever the
silver cord be loosed,
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or the golden bowl be broken,
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or the pitcher be
broken at the fountain,
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or the wheel
broken at the cistern.
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Then shall the dust
return to the earth as it was,
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and the spirit shall
return unto God who gave it.
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Vanity of vanities, saith
the preacher, all is vanity.
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And moreover, because
the preacher was wise,
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he still taught
the people knowledge,
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yea, he gave good
heed, and sought out,
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and set in order many proverbs.
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The preacher sought to
find out acceptable words,
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and that which was
written was upright,
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even words of truth.
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The words of the
wise are as goads,
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and as nails fastened by
the masters of assemblies,
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which are given
from one shepherd.
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And further, by
these, my son, be admonished,
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of making many
books there is no end,
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and much study is a
weariness of the flesh.
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Let us hear the
conclusion of the whole matter,
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Fear God, and
keep his commandments,
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for this is the
whole duty of man.
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For God shall bring
every work into judgment,
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with every secret thing,
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whether it be good,
or whether it be evil.
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We are moving now to
"The Song of Solomon"
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Chapter 1, and this is
the King James Version.
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The Song of songs,
which is Solomon's.
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Let him kiss me with
the kisses of his mouth,
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for thy love is
better than wine.
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Because of the savor
of thy good ointments
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thy name is as
ointment poured forth,
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therefore do the
virgins love thee.
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Draw me, we will run after thee,
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the King hath
brought me into his chambers,
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we will be glad
and rejoice in thee,
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we will remember
thy love more than wine,
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the upright love thee.
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I am black, but comely, O
ye daughters of Jerusalem,
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as the tents of Kedar,
as the curtains of Solomon.
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Look not upon me,
because I am black,
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because the sun
hath looked upon me,
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my mother's
children were angry with me,
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they made me the
keeper of the vineyards,
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but mine own
vineyard have I not kept.
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Tell me, O thou
whom my soul loveth,
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where thou
feedest, where thou makest
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thy flock to rest at noon,
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for why should I be
as one that turneth aside
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by the flocks of thy companions?
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If thou know not, O
thou fairest among women,
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go thy way forth by
the footsteps of the flock,
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and feed thy kids
beside the shepherds' tents.
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I have compared thee, O my love,
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to a company of
horses in Pharaoh's chariots.
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Thy cheeks are
comely with rows of jewels,
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thy neck with chains of gold.
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