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\c 7
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\v 1 It is better that other people honor us than to have fine perfume.
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\q2 The day that we die is better than the day that we are born.
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\q1
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\v 2 It is better to go to a house where people are mourning about someone who has died
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\q2 than to go to a house where people are feasting,
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\q1 because everyone will die some day,
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\q2 and people should think about when they will die.
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\q1
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\v 3 It is better to be sad than to be always laughing,
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\q2 because when we are sad, we can think better about the things that will make us wise and happy.
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\v 4 Wise people go to where others are mourning to comfort them,
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\q2 but foolish people only search for those who are laughing.
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\v 5 It is better to pay attention to someone who is rebuking you
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\q2 than to listen to the songs of a foolish person.
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\v 6 By listening to foolish people laughing
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\q2 we will not learn anymore than by listening to the crackling of thorns being burned under a pot.
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\q2 Listening to fools is senseless.
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\v 7 When wise people say to others, "You must pay me a lot of money for me to protect you,"
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\q2 that causes those wise people to become foolish.
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\q2 Those who accept bribes become unable to do what is right.
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\v 8 Finishing something is better than starting something,
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\q2 and being patient is better than being proud.
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\v 9 Do not quickly lose your temper,
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\q2 because it is foolish people who become very angry.
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\v 10 Do not say, "Things were a lot better previously,"
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\q2 because it is only foolish people who say that.
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\v 11 Being wise is like inheriting valuable things.
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\q2 There are lasting benefits for anyone on earth who is wise.
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\v 12 We are sometimes protected by being wise,
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\q2 as we are sometimes protected by having a lot of money.
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\q1 However, being wise is better than having a lot of money,
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\q2 because being wise prevents us from doing foolish things that would cause us to die.
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\p
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\v 13 Think carefully about what God has done.
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\q1 Certainly no one can cause to become straight
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\q2 the things that God has caused to be crooked.
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\v 14 When things are going well for you, be happy,
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\q2 and when things are not going well for you,
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\q1 remember that God is the one who causes good things to happen
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\q2 and who also causes disasters.
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\q1 Yet God does not reveal to anyone exactly what his future holds.
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\p
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\v 15 During all the time that I have been alive I have seen many things that seem senseless.
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\q1 I have seen righteous people die while they were still young,
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\q2 and I have seen wicked people remain alive for a very long time
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\q2 in spite of their continuing to be wicked.
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\v 16 So do not think that you are very righteous,
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\q2 and do not think that you are very wise,
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\q2 because if you think those things, you will destroy yourself.
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\v 17 If you do what is evil or do what is foolish,
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\q2 you might die while you are still young.
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\v 18 Continue to try to become wise and do what is right.
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\q2 Both of those things are found in the person who always respects God.
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\v 19 If you are wise, you will be more powerful
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\q2 than the ten most powerful men in your city.
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\v 20 There is no one in this world who always does what is right,
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\q2 who never sins.
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\v 21 Do not pay attention to everything that people say,
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\q2 because if you do that, you might hear your servant curse you.
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\v 22 After all, you yourself know very well that you have also cursed other people.
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\p
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\v 23 I said to myself that I would use my wisdom to study all the things that I have written about,
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\q1 but I was not able to do it.
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\v 24 Wisdom seems to be far from me.
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\q2 There is no one who can truly understand everything.
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\v 25 But I decided to investigate things and
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\q2 by my wisdom try to understand the reason for everything.
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\q1 I also wanted to understand why people act wickedly
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\q2 and why they act very foolishly.
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\v 26 One thing I learned was that allowing a woman to seduce you is worse than dying.
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\q2 A woman who tries to seduce men is as dangerous as a trap.
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\q1 If you allow her to put her arms around you, it will be as though she is fastening you with chains.
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\q1 Women like that will capture sinful men,
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\q2 but men who please God will escape from such women.
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\v 27 This is what I have learned. I tried to learn more and more about things to try to find out the reason for everything,
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\v 28 and I continued to try to learn more, but I could not find all that I was searching for. But one thing that I found out was that among one thousand people I found one righteous man, but I did not find even one righteous woman.
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\v 29 I have learned only this: that when God created people, they were righteous, but they have found many ways to complicate their own lives.
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