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Ecclesiastes 7:14

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In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 7:12

    For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

  2. Ecclesiastes 7:13

    Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

  3. Ecclesiastes 7:15

    All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.

  4. Ecclesiastes 7:16

    Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

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