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Fear God,
and keep his
commandments:
for this is
the whole
duty of man.
For God will
bring every
work into
judgment,
with every
hidden
thing,
whether it
be good, or
whether it
be evil.
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"Vanity of
vanities,"
says the
Preacher,
"vanity of
vanities;
all is
vanity."
"Meaningless!
Meaningless!"
says the
Teacher.
"Utterly
meaningless!
Everything
is
meaningless."
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For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. |
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What profit hath a man of all
his labour which he taketh under
the sun? One generation passeth
away, and another generation
cometh: but the earth abideth
for ever. The sun also ariseth,
and the sun goeth down, and
hasteth to his place where he
arose.
"Laughter," I said, "is foolish.
And what does pleasure
accomplish?"
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A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing. |
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I communed with mine own heart,
saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all
they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great
experience of wisdom and knowledge. And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and
to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge
increaseth sorrow. |
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He hath made everything beautiful in its time. |
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To every thing there is a
season,
and
a time to every purpose
under the heaven:
A
time to be born, and a time to
die;
a time to plant, and a time to
pluck up that which is planted
A
time to kill, and a time to
heal;
a time to break down, and a time
to build up;
A
time to weep, and a time to
laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to
dance;
A
time to cast away stones, and a
time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to
refrain from embracing;
A
time to get, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to
cast away;
A
time to rend, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a
time to speak;
A
time to love, and a time to
hate;
a
time of war, and a time of
peace.
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That which is was long ago, and that which is
to be hath already been; and God bringeth back again that which is past. |
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The race is not to the swift or
the battle to the strong, nor
does food come to the wise or
wealth to the brilliant or favor
to the learned; but time and
chance happen to them all.
Moreover, no man knows when his
hour will come: As fish are
caught in a cruel net, or birds
are taken in a snare, so men are
trapped by evil times that fall
unexpectedly upon them.
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"Dead flies cause the ointment
of the apothecary to send forth
a stinking savour: so doth a
little folly him that is in
reputation for wisdom and honour."
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'A Fly in
the Ointment'
Example |
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The quiet words of the wise are more to be
heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools. |
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