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Ecclesiastes 7:1-3
Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 7:1-3
Darby Translation
7 A [good] name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: in that that is the end of all men, and the living taketh it to heart.
3 Vexation is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
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