1A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one's birth.

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Revelation 14:13, Proverbs 22:1, Revelation 14:13, Proverbs 22:1, Ecclesiastes 4:2

2It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.

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Psalms 90:12, Psalms 90:12, Deuteronomy 32:29, Deuteronomy 32:29, Deuteronomy 32:46

3Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

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2 Corinthians 7:9, 2 Corinthians 7:11, 2 Corinthians 7:9, 2 Corinthians 7:11, Romans 5:3

4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

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Luke 7:12, Luke 7:13, Matthew 8:14, Matthew 8:16, Luke 7:12

5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

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Proverbs 15:31, Proverbs 15:32, Proverbs 15:31, Proverbs 15:32, Psalms 141:5

6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

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Psalms 118:12, Psalms 58:9, Psalms 118:12, Psalms 58:9, Ecclesiastes 2:2

7Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.

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Deuteronomy 16:19, Deuteronomy 16:19, Exodus 23:8, Exodus 23:8, Proverbs 17:23

8Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

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Hebrews 10:36, Hebrews 10:36, Proverbs 14:29, Proverbs 14:29, 1 Peter 1:13

9Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

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James 1:19, James 1:19, Proverbs 14:17, Proverbs 14:17, Ephesians 4:26

10Do not say, "Why were the former days better than these?" For you do not ask wisely about this.

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Judges 6:13, Judges 6:13, Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:12, Romans 1:22

11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.

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Ecclesiastes 11:7, Ecclesiastes 11:7, 1 Timothy 6:17, 1 Timothy 6:19, 1 Timothy 6:17

12For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

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Proverbs 3:18, Proverbs 8:35, Proverbs 2:7, Proverbs 3:18, Proverbs 8:35

13Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?

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Ecclesiastes 1:15, Ecclesiastes 1:15, Job 12:14, Job 12:14, Isaiah 5:12

14In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.

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Ecclesiastes 3:22, Ecclesiastes 3:4, Ecclesiastes 3:22, Ecclesiastes 3:4, Ecclesiastes 12:13

15All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.

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Ecclesiastes 8:12, Ecclesiastes 8:14, Ecclesiastes 8:12, Ecclesiastes 8:14, Ecclesiastes 6:12

16Do not be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

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Romans 12:3, Romans 12:3, Proverbs 25:16, Proverbs 25:16, Colossians 2:18

17Do not be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?

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Proverbs 10:27, Proverbs 10:27, Job 22:16, Psalms 55:23, Job 22:16

18It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also from that do not withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will come forth from them all.

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Ecclesiastes 12:13, Ecclesiastes 12:13, Ecclesiastes 11:6, Luke 11:42, Malachi 4:2

19Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.

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Proverbs 21:22, Colossians 1:9, Colossians 1:11, Proverbs 21:22, Colossians 1:9

20Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good and doesn't sin.

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Romans 3:23, Romans 3:23, Isaiah 53:6, Isaiah 53:6, James 3:2

21Also do not take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;

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Proverbs 30:10, Proverbs 30:10, Isaiah 29:21, Isaiah 29:21, 2 Samuel 16:10

22for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.

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1 Kings 2:44, Matthew 18:32, Matthew 18:35, John 8:7, John 8:9

23All this have I proved in wisdom. I said, "I will be wise;" but it was far from me.

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Romans 1:22, Romans 1:22, 1 Corinthians 1:20, 1 Corinthians 1:20, 1 Kings 3:11

24That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?

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Romans 11:33, Romans 11:33, Isaiah 55:8, Isaiah 55:9, 1 Timothy 6:16

25I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.

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Ecclesiastes 10:13, Ecclesiastes 10:13, 2 Peter 3:3, 2 Peter 3:9, Joshua 7:13

26I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.

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Proverbs 22:14, Proverbs 22:14, Proverbs 5:3, Proverbs 5:5, Proverbs 5:3

27Behold, this have I found, says the Preacher, one to another, to find out the scheme;

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Ecclesiastes 12:8, Ecclesiastes 12:10, Ecclesiastes 12:8, Ecclesiastes 12:10, Ecclesiastes 1:1

28which my soul still seeks; but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

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1 Kings 11:1, 1 Kings 11:3, Job 33:23, 1 Kings 11:1, 1 Kings 11:3

29Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes.

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Jeremiah 4:22, Jeremiah 4:22, Titus 3:3, Titus 3:3, Genesis 1:26