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Ecclesiastes Chapter 9. 
For I have taken all this to 

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hearts, exploring and examining 
it all. 

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How the righteous or those in 
right standing with God, and the

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wise and their deeds are in the 
hands of God. 

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No man knows whether it will be 
love or hatred. 

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Anything awaits him. 
It is the same for all. 

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There is one fate for the 
righteous and for the wicked, 

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for the good, for the clean and 
for the unclean, for the man who

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offers sacrifices and for the 
one who does not sacrifice. 

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As the good man is, so is the 
Sinner. 

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As he who swears an oath is, so 
is he who is afraid to swear an 

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oath. 
This evil is in all that is done

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under the sun, that one fate 
comes to all. 

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Also the hearts of the sons of 
men are full of evil, and 

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madness is in their hearts while
they live, and afterwards they 

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go to the dead. 
There is no exemption, but 

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whoever is joined with all the 
living has hope. 

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Surely a live dog is better than
a dead lion, for the living know

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that they will die. 
But the dead know nothing, and 

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they no longer have a reward 
here, for the memory of them is 

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forgotten. 
Indeed, their love, their 

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hatred, and their zeal have 
already perished, and they will 

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no longer have a share. 
In this age. 

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In anything that is done under 
the sun, go your way, eat your 

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bread with joy and drink your 
wine with a cheerful heart, if 

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you are righteous, wise, and in 
the hands of God, for God has 

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already approved and accepted 
your works. 

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Let your clothes always be white
with purity, and do not let the 

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oil of gladness be lacking on 
your head. 

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Leave joyfully with the wife 
whom you love all the days of 

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your fleeting life which He has 
given you under the sun, all the

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days of vanity and futility. 
For this is your reward in life 

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and in your work in which you 
have labored under the sun. 

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Whatever your hand finds to do, 
do it with all your might. 

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For there was no activity or 
planning or knowledge or wisdom 

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in Sheol or the Netherworld, the
place of the dead, where you are

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going. 
I again saw under the sun that 

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the race is not to the swift, 
and the battle is not to the 

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strong, and neither is bred to 
the wise, nor riches to those of

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intelligence and understanding, 
nor favor to men of ability. 

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But time and chance overtake 
them all. 

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For man also does not know his 
time of death. 

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Like fish caught in a 
treacherous net and birds caught

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in the snare, so the sons of men
are ensnared in an evil time, 

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when a dark cloud suddenly falls
on them. 

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This illustration of wisdom I 
have also seen under the sun. 

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And great it was to me. 
There was a little city with few

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men in it, and a great king came
against it and besieged it, and 

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built great battlements against 
it. 

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But there was found in it a poor
wise man, and by his wisdom he 

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rescued the city. 
Yet no man seriously remembered 

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that poor man. 
But I say that wisdom is better 

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than strength, Though the poor 
man's wisdom is despised, and 

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his words are not heeded. 
The words of wise men heard in 

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quietness are better than the 
shouting of one who rules among 

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fools. 
Wisdom is better than weapons of

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war, but one Sinner destroys 
much good. 

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Thank you for tuning into the 
Audio Bible podcast today. 

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This has been Ecclesiastes 
Chapter 9 from the Word of God.