Ecclesiastes 2:16
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16 For there is no enduring remembrance of the wise or of fools, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. How can the wise die just like fools?
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Ecclesiastes 2:16
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Ecclesiastes 4:13
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13 Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who will no longer take advice.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 4:13
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Advancement Is Meaningless
13 Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to heed a warning.
Ecclesiastes 8:10
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God’s Ways Are Inscrutable
10 Then I saw the wicked approaching to sacrifice;[a] they go in and out of the holy place, and they boast[b] in the city that they have done such things. This also is vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 8:10
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10 Then too, I saw the wicked buried(A)—those who used to come and go from the holy place and receive praise[a] in the city where they did this. This too is meaningless.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 8:10 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (Aquila); most Hebrew manuscripts and are forgotten
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