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Ecclesiastes Chapter 7 A good 
name is better than precious 

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perfume, and the day of 1's 
death better than the day of 1's

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birth. 
It is better to go to the House 

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of mourning than to go to the 
House of feasting, for that day 

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of death is the end of every 
man, and the living will take it

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to heart and solemnly ponder its
meaning. 

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Sorrow is better than laughter, 
for when a face is sad or deep 

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in thought, the heart may be 
happy because it is growing in 

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wisdom. 
The heart of the wise learns 

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when it is in the House of 
mourning, but the heart of fools

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is senseless in the House of 
pleasure. 

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It is better to listen to the 
rebuke of the wise man and 

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pursue wisdom, than for one to 
listen to the song of fools and 

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pursue stupidity. 
For like the crackling of 

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burning thorn bushes under a 
pot, so is the laughter of the 

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fool. 
And this too is vanity or 

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futility. 
For oppression makes a wise man 

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foolish, and a bribe corrupts 
the good judgement of the heart.

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The end of a matter is better 
than its beginning. 

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Patience of spirit is better 
than haughtiness of spirits or 

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pride. 
Do not be eager in your heart to

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be angry, for anger dwells in 
the heart of fools. 

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Do not say why were the old days
better than these, for it is not

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from wisdom that you ask about 
this. 

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Wisdom, along with an 
inheritance, is good and an 

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excellent advantage for those 
who see the sun. 

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For wisdom is a protection, even
as money is a protection. 

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But the excellent advantage of 
knowledge is that wisdom Shields

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and preserves the lives of its 
possessors. 

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Consider the work of God, who 
can make straight what he has 

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bent. 
In the day of prosperity be 

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joyful, but in the day of 
adversity consider that God has 

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made the one as well as the 
other, so that man will not find

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out anything that will be after 
him. 

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I have seen everything during my
fleeting days of futility. 

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There is a righteous man who 
perishes in spite of his 

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righteousness, and there is a 
wicked man who lives a long life

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in spite of his wickedness. 
Do not be excessively righteous 

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like those given to self 
conceit, and do not be overly 

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wise or pretentious. 
Why should you bring yourself to

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ruin? 
Do not be excessively or 

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willfully wicked and do not be a
fool. 

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Why should you die before your 
time? 

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It is good that you take hold of
one thing or righteousness and 

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also not let go of the other or 
wisdom. 

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For the one who fears and 
worships God with awe filled 

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reverence will come forth with 
both of them. 

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Wisdom strengthens the wise man 
more than 10 rulers who are in a

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city. 
Indeed, there is not a righteous

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man on earth who always does 
good and who never sins. 

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Also, do not take seriously 
everything that is said, so that

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you will not hear your servant 
cursing you for you. 

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Also know that you too have 
cursed others many times. 

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I have tested all this with 
wisdom. 

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I said I will be wise 
independently of God, but true 

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wisdom was far from me. 
Whatever has been is far off, 

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deeply remote, and exceedingly 
mysterious. 

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Who can discover it? 
For it is beyond the grasp of 

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man. 
I turned around and directed my 

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heart to know, to investigate, 
and to seek skillful and godly 

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wisdom and the reason for 
things, and to know that 

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wickedness is folly, and that 
foolishness is madness leading 

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to stupidity and recklessness. 
And I discovered that of all 

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irrational sins, none has been 
so destructive in beguiling one 

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away from God as immoral women. 
For more bitter than death is 

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the woman whose heart is 
composed of snares and Nets, and

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whose hands are chains. 
Whoever pleases God will escape 

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from her, but the Sinner will be
taken captive by her evil. 

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Behold, I have discovered this, 
says the preacher, while adding 

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one thing to another to find an 
explanation which I am still 

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seeking, but have not found. 
I have found one man among 1000 

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who pleases God, but I have not 
found such a woman among all 

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these 1000 in my harem. 
Behold, I have found only this 

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as a reason God made man 
uprights and uncorrupted. 

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But they, both men and women, 
have sought out many devices for

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evil. 
Thank you for tuning into the 

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Audio Bible podcast today. 
This has been Ecclesiastes 

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Chapter 7 from the Word of God.