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Chapter 7 A good name is better than
precious ointment, and the day of death

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than the day of one's birth.

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It is better to go to the house of
mourning than to go to the house of

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feasting, for that is the end of all men,
and the living will lay it to his heart.

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Sorrow is better than laughter,
for by the sadness of the countenance the

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heart is made better.

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The heart of the wise is in the house of
mourning, but the heart of fools is in the

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house of mirth.

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It is better to hear the rebuke of the
wise than for a man to hear the song of

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fools, for as the crackling of thorns
under a pot, so is the laughter of the

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fool.

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This also is vanity.

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Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad,
and a gift destroyeth the heart.

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Better is the end of a thing than the
beginning thereof, and the patient in

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spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

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Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry,
for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

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Say not thou, what is the cause that the
former days were better than these?

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For thou dost not inquire wisely
concerning this.

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Wisdom is good with an inheritance,
and by it there is profit to them that see

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the sun.

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For wisdom is a defence, and money is a
defence.

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But the excellency of knowledge is,
that wisdom giveth life to them that have

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it.

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Consider the work of God, for who can make
that straight which he hath made crooked?

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In the day of prosperity be joyful,
but in the day of adversity consider.

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God also hath set the one over against the
other, to the end that man should find

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nothing after him.

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All things have I seen in the days of my
vanity.

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There is a just man that perisheth in his
righteousness, and there is a wicked man

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that prolongeth his life in his
wickedness.

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Be not righteous over much, neither make
thyself over wise, why shouldest thou

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destroy thyself?

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Be not over much wicked, neither be thou
foolish, why shouldest thou die before thy

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time?

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It is good that thou shouldest take hold
of this.

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Yea, also from this withdraw not thine
hand, for he that feareth God shall come

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forth of them all.

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Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than
ten mighty men which are in the city.

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For there is not a just man upon earth
that doeth good and sinneth not.

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Also, take no heed unto all words that are
spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse

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thee.

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For oftentimes also thine own heart
knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast

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cursed others.

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All this have I proved by wisdom.

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I said, I will be wise, but it was far
from me.

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That which is far off and exceeding deep,
who can find it out?

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I applied mine heart to know and to
search, and to seek out wisdom and the

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reason of things, and to know the
wickedness of folly, even of foolishness

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and madness.

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And I find more bitter than death the
woman whose heart is snares and nets,

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and her hands as bands, who so pleaseth
God shall escape from her, but the sinner

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shall be taken by her.

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Behold, this have I found, saith the
preacher, counting one by one to find out

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the account, which yet my soul seeketh,
but I find not.

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One man among a thousand have I found,
but a woman among all those have I not

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found.

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Lo, this only have I found, that God hath
made man upright, but they have sought out

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many inventions.