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Ecclesiastes 7:11

“Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.”

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⁹Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.

¹⁰Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.

¹¹Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.

¹²For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

¹³Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?

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