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10 For he sees that even (A)wise men die;
The [a](B)fool and the senseless alike perish
And (C)leave their wealth to others.

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  1. Psalm 49:10 One who fails in wisdom due to willful sin

19 (A)For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same fate for each of them. As one dies so dies the other, and they all have the same breath. So there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is [a]vanity.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 3:19 Or futility

Even if the other man lives one thousand years twice and does not see good things—(A)do not all go to the same place?”

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Better to go to a house of mourning
Than to go to a house of feasting
Because [a]that is the (A)end of all mankind,
And the living (B)puts this in his heart.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 7:2 Death

(A)It is the same for all. There is (B)one fate for the righteous and for the wicked; for the good, for the clean and for the unclean; for the man who offers a sacrifice and for the one who does not sacrifice. As the good man is, so is the sinner; as the swearer is, so is the one who [a]is afraid to swear. This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is (C)one fate for all. Furthermore, (D)the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil, and (E)madness is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterwards they go to the dead.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 9:2 Lit fears an oath