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      <verse number='1'><strongs number="3588">For</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="3605">all</strongs><strongs number="2088">this</strongs>I <strongs number="5414">considered</strongs><strongs number="413">in</strongs>my <strongs number="3820">heart</strongs>even to <strongs number="952">declare</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="3605">all</strongs><strongs number="2088">this</strongs>, <strongs number="834">that</strongs>the <strongs number="6662">righteous</strongs>, and the <strongs number="2450">wise</strongs>, and their <strongs number="5652">works</strongs>, <em> are </em>in the <strongs number="3027">hand</strongs>of <strongs number="430">God</strongs>: <strongs number="369">no</strongs><strongs number="120">man</strongs><strongs number="3045">knoweth</strongs><strongs number="1571">either</strongs><strongs number="160">love</strongs><strongs number="1571">or</strongs><strongs number="8135">hatred</strongs><em> by </em><strongs number="3605">all</strongs><em> that </em><em> is </em><strongs number="6440">before</strongs>them. </verse>
      <verse number='2'><strongs number="3605">All</strongs><em> things </em><em> come </em><strongs number="834">alike</strongs>to <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>: <em> there </em><em> is </em><strongs number="259">one</strongs><strongs number="4745">event</strongs>to the <strongs number="6662">righteous</strongs>, and to the <strongs number="7563">wicked</strongs>; to the <strongs number="2896">good</strongs>and to the <strongs number="2889">clean</strongs>, and to the <strongs number="2931">unclean</strongs>; to him that <strongs number="2076">sacrificeth</strongs>, and to him that <strongs number="834 2076">sacrificeth</strongs><strongs number="369">not</strongs>: as <em> is </em>the <strongs number="2896">good</strongs>, so <em> is </em>the <strongs number="2398">sinner</strongs>; <em> and </em>he that <strongs number="7650">sweareth</strongs>, <strongs number="834">as</strongs><em> he </em>that <strongs number="3372">feareth</strongs>an <strongs number="7621">oath</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='3'><strongs number="2088">This</strongs><em> is </em>an <strongs number="7451">evil</strongs>among <strongs number="3605">all</strongs><em> things </em><strongs number="834">that</strongs>are <strongs number="6213">done</strongs><strongs number="8478">under</strongs>the <strongs number="8121">sun</strongs>, <strongs number="3588">that</strongs><em> there </em><em> is </em><strongs number="259">one</strongs><strongs number="4745">event</strongs>unto <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>: yea, <strongs number="1571">also</strongs>the <strongs number="3820">heart</strongs>of the <strongs number="1121">sons</strongs>of <strongs number="120">men</strongs>is <strongs number="4390">full</strongs>of <strongs number="7451">evil</strongs>, and <strongs number="1947">madness</strongs><em> is </em>in their <strongs number="3824">heart</strongs>while they <strongs number="2416">live</strongs>, and <strongs number="310">after</strongs>that <em> they </em><em> go </em><strongs number="413">to</strongs>the <strongs number="4191">dead</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='4'><strongs number="3588">For</strongs>to <strongs number="4310">him</strongs><strongs number="834">that</strongs>is <strongs number="2266">joined</strongs><strongs number="413">to</strongs><strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="2416">living</strongs>there <strongs number="3426">is</strongs><strongs number="986">hope</strongs>: <strongs number="3588">for</strongs>a <strongs number="2416">living</strongs><strongs number="3611">dog</strongs>is <strongs number="2896">better</strongs><strongs number="4480">than</strongs>a <strongs number="4191">dead</strongs><strongs number="738">lion</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='5'><strongs number="3588">For</strongs>the <strongs number="2416">living</strongs><strongs number="3045">know</strongs>that they shall <strongs number="7945 4191">die</strongs>: but the <strongs number="4191">dead</strongs><strongs number="3045">know</strongs><strongs number="369">not</strongs>any <strongs number="3972">thing</strongs>, <strongs number="369">neither</strongs>have they any <strongs number="5750">more</strongs>a <strongs number="7939">reward</strongs>; <strongs number="3588">for</strongs>the <strongs number="2143">memory</strongs>of them is <strongs number="7911">forgotten</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='6'><strongs number="1571">Also</strongs>their <strongs number="160">love</strongs>, <strongs number="1571">and</strongs>their <strongs number="8135">hatred</strongs>, <strongs number="1571">and</strongs>their <strongs number="7068">envy</strongs>, is <strongs number="3528">now</strongs><strongs number="6">perished</strongs>; <strongs number="369">neither</strongs>have they any <strongs number="5750">more</strongs>a <strongs number="2506">portion</strongs><strongs number="5769">forever</strongs>in <strongs number="3605">any</strongs><em> thing </em><strongs number="834">that</strongs>is <strongs number="6213">done</strongs><strongs number="8478">under</strongs>the <strongs number="8121">sun</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='7'><strongs number="1980">Go</strongs>thy way, <strongs number="398">eat</strongs>thy <strongs number="3899">bread</strongs>with <strongs number="8057">joy</strongs>, and <strongs number="8354">drink</strongs>thy <strongs number="3196">wine</strongs>with a <strongs number="2896">merry</strongs><strongs number="3820">heart</strongs>; <strongs number="3588">for</strongs><strongs number="430">God</strongs><strongs number="3528">now</strongs><strongs number="7521">accepteth</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>thy <strongs number="4639">works</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='8'>Let thy <strongs number="899">garments</strongs><strongs number="1961">be</strongs><strongs number="3605 6256">always</strongs><strongs number="3836">white</strongs>; and let thy <strongs number="7218">head</strongs><strongs number="2637">lack</strongs><strongs number="408">no</strongs><strongs number="8081">ointment</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='9'>Live <strongs number="2416 7200">joyfully</strongs><strongs number="5973">with</strongs>the <strongs number="802">wife</strongs><strongs number="834">whom</strongs>thou <strongs number="157">lovest</strongs><strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="3117">days</strongs>of the <strongs number="2416">life</strongs>of thy <strongs number="1892">vanity</strongs>, <strongs number="834">which</strongs>he hath <strongs number="5414">given</strongs>thee <strongs number="8478">under</strongs>the <strongs number="8121">sun</strongs>, <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="3117">days</strongs>of thy <strongs number="1892">vanity</strongs>: <strongs number="3588">for</strongs><strongs number="1931">that</strongs><em> is </em>thy <strongs number="2506">portion</strongs>in <em> this </em><strongs number="2416">life</strongs>, and in thy <strongs number="5999">labor</strongs><strongs number="834">which</strongs><strongs number="859">thou</strongs><strongs number="6001">takest</strongs><strongs number="8478">under</strongs>the <strongs number="8121">sun</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='10'><strongs number="3605 834">Whatsoever</strongs>thy <strongs number="3027">hand</strongs><strongs number="4672">findeth</strongs>to <strongs number="6213">do</strongs>, <strongs number="6213">do</strongs><em> it </em>with thy <strongs number="3581">might</strongs>; <strongs number="3588">for</strongs><em> there </em><em> is </em><strongs number="369">no</strongs><strongs number="4639">work</strongs>, nor <strongs number="2808">device</strongs>, nor <strongs number="1847">knowledge</strongs>, nor <strongs number="2451">wisdom</strongs>, in the <strongs number="7585">grave</strongs>, <strongs number="834 8033">whither</strongs><strongs number="859">thou</strongs><strongs number="1980">goest</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='11'>I <strongs number="7725">returned</strongs>, and <strongs number="7200">saw</strongs><strongs number="8478">under</strongs>the <strongs number="8121">sun</strongs>, <strongs number="3588">that</strongs>the <strongs number="4793">race</strongs><em> is </em><strongs number="3808">not</strongs>to the <strongs number="7031">swift</strongs>, <strongs number="3808">nor</strongs>the <strongs number="4421">battle</strongs>to the <strongs number="1368">strong</strongs>, <strongs number="3808">neither</strongs><strongs number="1571">yet</strongs><strongs number="3899">bread</strongs>to the <strongs number="2450">wise</strongs>, <strongs number="3808">nor</strongs><strongs number="1571">yet</strongs><strongs number="6239">riches</strongs>to men of <strongs number="995">understanding</strongs>, <strongs number="3808">nor</strongs><strongs number="1571">yet</strongs><strongs number="2580">favor</strongs>to men of <strongs number="3045">skill</strongs>; <strongs number="3588">but</strongs><strongs number="6256">time</strongs>and <strongs number="6294">chance</strongs><strongs number="7136">happeneth</strongs>to <strongs number="*853"></strongs>them <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='12'><strongs number="3588">For</strongs><strongs number="120">man</strongs><strongs number="1571">also</strongs><strongs number="3045">knoweth</strongs><strongs number="3808">not</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>his <strongs number="6256">time</strongs>: as the <strongs number="1709">fishes</strongs>that are <strongs number="7945 270">taken</strongs>in an <strongs number="7451">evil</strongs><strongs number="4686">net</strongs>, and as the <strongs number="6833">birds</strongs>that are <strongs number="270">caught</strongs>in the <strongs number="6341">snare</strongs>; so <em> are </em>the <strongs number="1121">sons</strongs>of <strongs number="120">men</strongs><strongs number="3369">snared</strongs>in an <strongs number="7451">evil</strongs><strongs number="6256">time</strongs>, when it <strongs number="7945 5307">falleth</strongs><strongs number="6597">suddenly</strongs><strongs number="5921">upon</strongs>them. </verse>
      <verse number='13'><strongs number="2090">This</strongs><strongs number="2451">wisdom</strongs>have I <strongs number="7200">seen</strongs><strongs number="1571">also</strongs><strongs number="8478">under</strongs>the <strongs number="8121">sun</strongs>, and <strongs number="1931">it</strongs><em> seemed </em><strongs number="1419">great</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs>me: </verse>
      <verse number='14'><em> There </em><em> was </em>a <strongs number="6996">little</strongs><strongs number="5892">city</strongs>, and <strongs number="4592">few</strongs><strongs number="376">men</strongs>within it; and there <strongs number="935">came</strongs>a <strongs number="1419">great</strongs><strongs number="4428">king</strongs><strongs number="413">against</strongs>it, and <strongs number="5437">besieged</strongs>it, and <strongs number="1129">built</strongs><strongs number="1419">great</strongs><strongs number="4685">bulwarks</strongs><strongs number="5921">against</strongs>it: </verse>
      <verse number='15'>Now there was <strongs number="4672">found</strongs>in it a <strongs number="4542">poor</strongs><strongs number="2450">wise</strongs><strongs number="376">man</strongs>, and <strongs number="1931">he</strongs>by his <strongs number="2451">wisdom</strongs><strongs number="4422">delivered</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>the <strongs number="5892">city</strongs>; yet <strongs number="3808">no</strongs><strongs number="120">man</strongs><strongs number="2142">remembered</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>that <strongs number="1931">same</strongs><strongs number="4542">poor</strongs><strongs number="376">man</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='16'>Then <strongs number="559">said</strongs><strongs number="589">I</strongs>, <strongs number="2451">Wisdom</strongs><em> is </em><strongs number="2896">better</strongs>than <strongs number="4480 1369">strength</strongs>: nevertheless the poor <strongs number="4542">man</strongs>'s <strongs number="2451">wisdom</strongs><em> is </em><strongs number="959">despised</strongs>, and his <strongs number="1697">words</strongs>are <strongs number="369">not</strongs><strongs number="8085">heard</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='17'>The <strongs number="1697">words</strongs>of <strongs number="2450">wise</strongs><em> men </em><em> are </em><strongs number="8085">heard</strongs>in <strongs number="5183">quiet</strongs>more than the <strongs number="4480 2201">cry</strongs>of him that <strongs number="4910">ruleth</strongs>among <strongs number="3684">fools</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='18'><strongs number="2451">Wisdom</strongs><em> is </em><strongs number="2896">better</strongs>than <strongs number="4480 3627">weapons</strongs>of <strongs number="7128">war</strongs>: but <strongs number="259">one</strongs><strongs number="2398">sinner</strongs><strongs number="6">destroyeth</strongs><strongs number="7235">much</strongs><strongs number="2896">good</strongs>. </verse>
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