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Ecclesiastes 7:17-19
Revised Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 7:17-19
Revised Standard Version
17 Be not wicked overmuch, neither be a fool; why should you die before your time? 18 It is good that you should take hold of this, and from that withhold not your hand; for he who fears God shall come forth from them all.
19 Wisdom gives strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.
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