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Ecclesiastes 2:16-18
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16 People forget about wise people
    as quickly as they forget about fools.
One day, nobody will remember any of them.
    It is true! As fools all have to die, wise people will also die.

17 So I hated life. Everything that happens on the earth only brings me trouble. Nothing has any purpose. It is as useless as somebody who tries to catch the wind.

Work has no purpose

18 I thought about all the hard work that I have done here on the earth. When I die, all the things that I worked so hard to get will belong to the next king. So I hated all my hard work.

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