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   <v n='1'>A good <s n="8034">name</s> is <s n="2896">better</s> than <s n="2896">precious</s> <s n="4480 8081">ointment</s>; and the <s n="3117">day</s> of <s n="4194">death</s> than the <s n="4480 3117">day</s> of one's <s n="3205">birth</s>. </v>
   <v n='2'> It is <s n="2896">better</s> to <s n="1980">go</s> <s n="413">to</s> the <s n="1004">house</s> of <s n="60">mourning</s>, than to <s n="4480 1980">go</s> <s n="413">to</s> the <s n="1004">house</s> of <s n="4960">feasting</s>: <s n="834">for</s> <s n="1931">that</s> is the <s n="5490">end</s> of <s n="3605">all</s> <s n="120">men</s>; and the <s n="2416">living</s> will <s n="5414">lay</s> it <s n="413">to</s> his <s n="3820">heart</s>. </v>
   <v n='3'><s n="3708">Sorrow</s> is <s n="2896">better</s> than <s n="4480 7814">laughter</s>: <s n="3588">for</s> by the <s n="7455">sadness</s> of the <s n="6440">countenance</s> the <s n="3820">heart</s> is made <s n="3190">better</s>. </v>
   <v n='4'>The <s n="3820">heart</s> of the <s n="2450">wise</s> is in the <s n="1004">house</s> of <s n="60">mourning</s>; but the <s n="3820">heart</s> of <s n="3684">fools</s> is in the <s n="1004">house</s> of <s n="8057">mirth</s>. </v>
   <v n='5'> It is <s n="2896">better</s> to <s n="8085">hear</s> the <s n="1606">rebuke</s> of the <s n="2450">wise</s>, than for a <s n="4480 376">man</s> to <s n="8085">hear</s> the <s n="7892">song</s> of <s n="3684">fools</s>. </v>
   <v n='6'><s n="3588">For</s> as the <s n="6963">crackling</s> of <s n="5518">thorns</s> <s n="8478">under</s> a <s n="5518">pot</s>, <s n="3651">so</s> is the <s n="7814">laughter</s> of the <s n="3684">fool</s>: <s n="2088">this</s> <s n="1571">also</s> is <s n="1892">vanity</s>. </v>
   <v n='7'><s n="3588">Surely</s> <s n="6233">oppression</s> maketh a wise <s n="2450">man</s> <s n="1984">mad</s>; and a <s n="4979">gift</s> <s n="6">destroyeth</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="3820">heart</s>. </v>
   <v n='8'><s n="2896">Better</s> is the <s n="319">end</s> of a <s n="1697">thing</s> than the <s n="4480 7225">beginning</s> thereof: and the <s n="750">patient</s> in <s n="7307">spirit</s> is <s n="2896">better</s> than the <s n="4480 1362">proud</s> in <s n="7307">spirit</s>. </v>
   <v n='9'>Be <s n="408">not</s> <s n="926">hasty</s> in thy <s n="7307">spirit</s> to be <s n="3707">angry</s>: <s n="3588">for</s> <s n="3708">anger</s> <s n="5117">resteth</s> in the <s n="2436">bosom</s> of <s n="3684">fools</s>. </v>
   <v n='10'><s n="559">Say</s> <s n="408">not</s> thou, <s n="4100">What</s> <s n="1961">is</s> the cause that the former <s n="7945 3117 7223">days</s> <s n="1961">were</s> <s n="2896">better</s> than <s n="4480 428">these</s>? <s n="3588">for</s> thou dost <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="7592">inquire</s> <s n="4480 2451">wisely</s> <s n="5921">concerning</s> <s n="2088">this</s>. </v>
   <v n='11'><s n="2451">Wisdom</s> is <s n="2896">good</s> <s n="5973">with</s> an <s n="5159">inheritance</s>: and by it there is <s n="3148">profit</s> to them that <s n="7200">see</s> the <s n="8121">sun</s>. </v>
   <v n='12'><s n="3588">For</s> <s n="2451">wisdom</s> is a <s n="6738">defense</s>, and <s n="3701">money</s> is a <s n="6738">defense</s>: but the <s n="3504">excellency</s> of <s n="1847">knowledge</s> is, that <s n="2451">wisdom</s> giveth <s n="2421">life</s> to them that <s n="1167">have</s> it. </v>
   <v n='13'><s n="7200">Consider</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="4639">work</s> of <s n="430">God</s>: <s n="3588">for</s> <s n="4310">who</s> <s n="3201">can</s> make that <s n="8626">straight</s>, <s n="*853"></s> <s n="834">which</s> he hath made <s n="5791">crooked</s>? </v>
   <v n='14'>In the <s n="3117">day</s> of <s n="2896">prosperity</s> <s n="1961">be</s> <s n="2896">joyful</s>, but in the <s n="3117">day</s> of <s n="7451">adversity</s> <s n="7200">consider</s>: <s n="430">God</s> <s n="1571">also</s> hath <s n="6213">set</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="2088">one</s> over <s n="5980">against</s> the <s n="2088">other</s>, <s n="5921">to</s> the <s n="1700">end</s> that <s n="120">man</s> should <s n="4672">find</s> <s n="7945 3808 3972">nothing</s> <s n="310">after</s> him. </v>
   <v n='15'><s n="*853"></s> <s n="3605">All</s> things have I <s n="7200">seen</s> in the <s n="3117">days</s> of my <s n="1892">vanity</s>: there <s n="3426">is</s> a <s n="6662">just</s> man that <s n="6">perisheth</s> in his <s n="6664">righteousness</s>, and there <s n="3426">is</s> a <s n="7563">wicked</s> man that <s n="748">prolongeth</s> his life in his <s n="7451">wickedness</s>. </v>
   <v n='16'><s n="1961">Be</s> <s n="408">not</s> <s n="6662">righteous</s> over <s n="7235">much</s>; <s n="408">neither</s> make thyself over <s n="2449 3148">wise</s>: <s n="4100">why</s> shouldest thou destroy <s n="8074">thyself</s>? </v>
   <v n='17'>Be <s n="408">not</s> over <s n="7235">much</s> <s n="7561">wicked</s>, <s n="408">neither</s> <s n="1961">be</s> thou <s n="5530">foolish</s>: <s n="4100">why</s> shouldest thou <s n="4191">die</s> <s n="3808">before</s> thy <s n="6256">time</s>? </v>
   <v n='18'> It is <s n="2896">good</s> <s n="834">that</s> thou shouldest take <s n="270">hold</s> of <s n="2088">this</s>; yea, <s n="1571">also</s> from <s n="4480 2088">this</s> <s n="5117">withdraw</s> <s n="408">not</s> <s n="*853"></s> thine <s n="3027">hand</s>: <s n="3588">for</s> he that <s n="3373">feareth</s> <s n="430">God</s> shall come <s n="3318">forth</s> <s n="*853"></s> of them <s n="3605">all</s>. </v>
   <v n='19'><s n="2451">Wisdom</s> <s n="5810">strengtheneth</s> the <s n="2450">wise</s> more than <s n="4480 6235">ten</s> <s n="7989">mighty</s> men <s n="834">which</s> <s n="1961">are</s> in the <s n="5892">city</s>. </v>
   <v n='20'><s n="3588">For</s> there is <s n="369">not</s> a <s n="6662">just</s> <s n="120">man</s> upon <s n="776">earth</s>, <s n="834">that</s> <s n="6213">doeth</s> <s n="2896">good</s>, and <s n="2398">sinneth</s> <s n="3808">not</s>. </v>
   <v n='21'><s n="1571">Also</s> <s n="5414">take</s> <s n="408">no</s> <s n="3820">heed</s> unto <s n="3605">all</s> <s n="1697">words</s> <s n="834">that</s> are <s n="1696">spoken</s>; <s n="834 3808">lest</s> thou <s n="8085">hear</s> <s n="*853"></s> thy <s n="5650">servant</s> <s n="7043">curse</s> thee: </v>
   <v n='22'><s n="3588">For</s> <s n="7227 6471">oftentimes</s> <s n="1571">also</s> thine own <s n="3820">heart</s> <s n="3045">knoweth</s> <s n="834">that</s> thou <s n="859">thyself</s> <s n="1571">likewise</s> hast <s n="7043">cursed</s> <s n="312">others</s>. </v>
   <v n='23'><s n="3605">All</s> <s n="2090">this</s> have I <s n="5254">proved</s> by <s n="2451">wisdom</s>: I <s n="559">said</s>, I will be <s n="2449">wise</s>; but <s n="1931">it</s> was <s n="7350">far</s> <s n="4480">from</s> me. </v>
   <v n='24'>That which <s n="4100 7945 1961">is</s> far <s n="7350">off</s>, and exceeding <s n="6013 6013">deep</s>, <s n="4310">who</s> can find it <s n="4672">out</s>? </v>
   <v n='25'><s n="589">I</s> <s n="5437">applied</s> mine <s n="3820">heart</s> to <s n="3045">know</s>, and to <s n="8446">search</s>, and to seek <s n="1245">out</s> <s n="2451">wisdom</s>, and the <s n="2808">reason</s> of things, and to <s n="3045">know</s> the <s n="7562">wickedness</s> of <s n="3689">folly</s>, even of <s n="5531">foolishness</s> and <s n="1947">madness</s>: </v>
   <v n='26'>And <s n="589">I</s> <s n="4672">find</s> more <s n="4751">bitter</s> than <s n="4480 4194">death</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="802">woman</s>, <s n="834 1931">whose</s> <s n="3820">heart</s> is <s n="4685">snares</s> and <s n="2764">nets</s>, and her <s n="3027">hands</s> as <s n="612">bands</s>: whoso <s n="2896 6440">pleaseth</s> <s n="430">God</s> shall <s n="4422">escape</s> <s n="4480">from</s> her; but the <s n="2398">sinner</s> shall be <s n="3920">taken</s> by her. </v>
   <v n='27'><s n="7200">Behold</s>, <s n="2088">this</s> have I <s n="4672">found</s>, <s n="559">saith</s> the <s n="6953">preacher</s>, counting <s n="259">one</s> by <s n="259">one</s>, to find <s n="4672">out</s> the <s n="2808">account</s>: </v>
   <v n='28'><s n="834">Which</s> <s n="5750">yet</s> my <s n="5315">soul</s> <s n="1245">seeketh</s>, but I <s n="4672">find</s> <s n="3808">not</s>: <s n="259">one</s> <s n="120">man</s> among a <s n="4480 505">thousand</s> have I <s n="4672">found</s>; but a <s n="802">woman</s> among <s n="3605">all</s> <s n="428">those</s> have I <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="4672">found</s>. </v>
   <v n='29'><s n="7200">Lo</s>, <s n="2088">this</s> <s n="905">only</s> have I <s n="4672">found</s>, <s n="834">that</s> <s n="430">God</s> hath <s n="6213">made</s> <s n="*853"></s> <s n="120">man</s> <s n="3477">upright</s>; but <s n="1992">they</s> have sought <s n="1245">out</s> <s n="7227">many</s> <s n="2810">inventions</s>. </v>
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