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Ecclesiastes 12:10

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The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 12:8

    Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.

  2. Ecclesiastes 12:9

    And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

  3. Ecclesiastes 12:11

    The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

  4. Ecclesiastes 12:12

    And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.