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Ecclesiastes 7:11-22

11WisdomH2451 alongH5973 withH5973 an inheritanceH5159 is goodH2896, And an 1advantageH3148 to those who seeH7200 the sunH8121.12For 2wisdomH2451 is 3protectionH6738 just as moneyH3701 is 4protectionH6738, But the advantageH3504 of knowledgeH1847 is that 5wisdomH2451 keepsH2421 its possessorsH1167 aliveH2421.13ConsiderH7200 the 6workH4639 of GodH430, For whoH4310 isH3201 7ableH3201 to straightenH8626 whatH834 He has bentH5791?148On the dayH3117 of prosperityH2899 be happyH2896, But 9on the dayH3117 of adversityH7463 considerH7200: GodH430 has madeH6213 the oneH2088 as wellH5980 as the otherH2088 SoH5921H1700 thatH5921H1700 a personH120 will 10not discoverH4672 anythingH3972 that will come afterH310 him.

15I have seenH7200 everythingH3605 during my 1112lifetimeH3117 of futilityH1892; thereH3426 isH3426 13a righteousH6662 personH6662 who perishesH6 in his righteousnessH6664, and thereH3426 isH3426 14a wickedH7563 personH7563 who prolongsH748 his life in his wickednessH7463. 16Do not be excessivelyH7235 15righteousH6662, and do not 16beH2449 overlyH3148 wiseH2449. WhyH4100 should you ruinH8074 yourself? 17Do not beH7561 excessivelyH7235 wickedH7561, and do not be foolishH5530. WhyH4100 should you 17dieH4191 18beforeH3808 your timeH6256? 18It is goodH2896 that you graspH270 oneH2088 thingH2088 whileH1571 not 19lettingH5117H3027 goH5117H3027 of the otherH2088; for one who 20fearsH3372 GodH430 comesH3318 outH3318 with 21bothH3605 of them.

1922WisdomH2451 strengthensH5810 a wiseH2450 personH2450 moreH4480 thanH4480 tenH6235 rulersH7989 whoH834 are in a cityH5892. 20IndeedH3588, 23thereH369 isH369 notH369 a righteousH6662 personH120 on earthH776 whoH834 always doesH6213 goodH2896 and does not ever sinH2398. 21AlsoH1571, do not 24takeH5414 seriouslyH3820 allH3605 the wordsH1697 whichH834 are spokenH1696, soH834 that you do not hearH8085 your servantH5650 25cursingH7043 you, 22for 26you knowH3045 that evenH1571 you have cursedH7043 othersH312 manyH7227 timesH6471 asH1571 wellH1571.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ecclesiastes 7:11 Prov 8:10, 11; Eccl 2:13 ↩
  2. 2. Ecclesiastes 7:12 Eccl 7:19; 9:18 ↩
  3. 3. Ecclesiastes 7:12 Lit in a shadow ↩
  4. 4. Ecclesiastes 7:12 Lit in a shadow ↩
  5. 5. Ecclesiastes 7:12 Prov 3:18; 8:35 ↩
  6. 6. Ecclesiastes 7:13 Eccl 3:11; 8:17 ↩
  7. 7. Ecclesiastes 7:13 Eccl 1:15 ↩
  8. 8. Ecclesiastes 7:14 Deut 26:11; Eccl 3:22; 9:7; 11:9 ↩
  9. 9. Ecclesiastes 7:14 Deut 8:5; Job 2:10 ↩
  10. 10. Ecclesiastes 7:14 Eccl 3:22 ↩
  11. 11. Ecclesiastes 7:15 Lit days ↩
  12. 12. Ecclesiastes 7:15 Eccl 6:12; 9:9 ↩
  13. 13. Ecclesiastes 7:15 Eccl 8:14 ↩
  14. 14. Ecclesiastes 7:15 Eccl 8:12, 13 ↩
  15. 15. Ecclesiastes 7:16 Prov 25:16; Phil 3:6 ↩
  16. 16. Ecclesiastes 7:16 Rom 12:3 ↩
  17. 17. Ecclesiastes 7:17 Job 22:16; Ps 55:23; Prov 10:27 ↩
  18. 18. Ecclesiastes 7:17 Lit when not your time ↩
  19. 19. Ecclesiastes 7:18 Lit resting your hand ↩
  20. 20. Ecclesiastes 7:18 Eccl 3:14; 5:7; 8:12, 13; 12:13 ↩
  21. 21. Ecclesiastes 7:18 Lit all of them ↩
  22. 22. Ecclesiastes 7:19 Eccl 7:12; 9:13-18 ↩
  23. 23. Ecclesiastes 7:20 1 Kin 8:46; 2 Chr 6:36; Ps 143:2; Prov 20:9; Rom 3:23 ↩
  24. 24. Ecclesiastes 7:21 Lit give your heart to ↩
  25. 25. Ecclesiastes 7:21 Prov 30:10 ↩
  26. 26. Ecclesiastes 7:22 Lit your heart knows ↩

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