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Ecclesiastes 9:6-17

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6Their love also, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they a portion any more for ever in any thing which taketh place under the sun.
7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a cheerful heart; for long since hath God been pleased with thy works.
8Let thy garments be always white, and let not fragrant oil be wanting upon thy head.
9Enjoy life with the wife whom thou lovest, all the days of thy vain life which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy vain days. For this is thy portion in life, and in thy labor with which thou weariest thyself under the sun.
10Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might! For there is no work nor device nor knowledge nor wisdom in the under-world, whither thou goest.
11I turned and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor yet bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favor to men of knowledge; but time and chance happen to them all.
12For man knoweth not his time. As fishes that are taken in a destructive net, and as birds that are caught in a snare, so are the sons of men snared in a time of distress, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
13This also have I seen; even wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me.
14There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.
15Now there was found within it a wise poor man; and he, by his wisdom, delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
16Then said I, “Wisdom is better than strength;” and yet the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
17The quiet words of the wise are sooner heard than the shouting of a foolish ruler.

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