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Ecclesiastes 7:14-16
English Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 7:14-16
English Standard Version
14 (A)In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, (B)so that man may not find out anything that will be after him.
15 In my (C)vain[a] life I have seen everything. There is (D)a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who (E)prolongs his life in his evildoing. 16 Be not overly righteous, and do not (F)make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
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- Ecclesiastes 7:15 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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