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KeepH8104 your footH7272 whenH834 you goH3212 to the houseH1004 of God,H430 and be moreH7138 readyH7138 to hear,H8085 than to giveH5414 the sacrificeH2077 of fools:H3684 for they considerH3045 not that they doH6213 evil.H7451
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Be not rashH926 with your mouth,H6310 and let not your heartH3820 be hastyH4116 to utterH3318 any thingH1697 beforeH6440 God:H430 for GodH430 is in heaven,H8064 and you on earth:H776 thereforeH5921 H3651 let your wordsH1697 be few.H4592
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For a dreamH2472 comesH935 through the multitudeH7230 of business;H6045 and a fool'sH3684 voiceH6963 is known by multitudeH7230 of words.H1697
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WhenH834 you vowH5087 a vowH5088 to God,H430 deferH309 not to payH7999 it; for he has noH369 pleasureH2656 in fools:H3684 payH7999 that whichH834 you have vowed.H5087
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BetterH2896 is it that you should not vow,H5087 than that you should vowH5087 and not pay.H7999
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SufferH5414 not your mouthH6310 to cause your fleshH1320 to sin;H2398 neitherH408 sayH559 you beforeH6440 the angel,H4397 that it was an error:H7684 whyH4100 should GodH430 be angryH7107 atH5921 your voice,H6963 and destroyH2254 the workH4639 of your hands?H3027
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For in the multitudeH7230 of dreamsH2472 and manyH7230 wordsH1697 there are also divers vanities:H1892 but fearH3372 you God.H430
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IfH518 you seeH7200 the oppressionH6233 of the poor,H7326 and violentH1499 perverting of judgmentH4941 and justiceH6664 in a province,H4082 marvelH8539 not atH5921 the matter:H2656 for he that is higherH1364 thanH5921 the highestH1364 regards;H8104 and there be higherH1364 thanH5921 they.
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Moreover the profitH3504 of the earthH776 is for all:H3605 the kingH4428 himself is servedH5647 by the field.H7704
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He that lovesH157 silverH3701 shall not be satisfiedH7646 with silver;H3701 nor he that lovesH157 abundanceH1995 with increase:H8393 thisH2088 is alsoH1571 vanity.H1892
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When goodsH2896 increase,H7235 they are increasedH7231 that eatH398 them: and whatH4100 goodH3788 is there to the ownersH1167 thereof, savingH518 the beholdingH7200 of them with their eyes?H5869
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The sleepH8142 of a laboringH5647 man is sweet,H4966 whetherH518 he eatH398 littleH4592 or much:H7235 but the abundanceH7647 of the richH6223 will not sufferH3240 him to sleep.H3462
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There is a soreH2470 evilH7451 which I have seenH7200 underH8478 the sun,H8121 namely, richesH6239 keptH8104 for the ownersH1167 thereof to their hurt.H7451
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But thoseH1931 richesH6239 perishH6 by evilH7451 travail:H6045 and he begetsH3205 a son,H1121 and there is nothingH3808 H3972 in his hand.H3027
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As he cameH3318 forthH3318 of his mother'sH517 womb,H990 nakedH6174 shall he returnH7725 to goH3212 as he came,H935 and shall takeH5375 nothingH3808 H3972 of his labor,H5999 which he may carryH3212 away in his hand.H3027
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And thisH2090 alsoH1571 is a soreH2470 evil,H7451 that in allH3605 pointsH5980 as he came,H935 soH3651 shall he go:H3212 and whatH4100 profitH3504 has he that has laboredH5998 for the wind?H7307
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AllH3605 his daysH3117 alsoH1571 he eatsH398 in darkness,H2822 and he has muchH7235 sorrowH3708 and wrathH7110 with his sickness.H2483
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BeholdH2009 that whichH834 I have seen:H7200 it is goodH2896 and comelyH3303 for one to eatH398 and to drink,H8354 and to enjoyH7200 the goodH2896 of allH3605 his laborH5999 that he takesH5998 underH8478 the sunH8121 allH4557 the daysH3117 of his life,H2416 whichH834 GodH430 givesH5414 him: for it is his portion.H2506
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EveryH3605 manH120 alsoH1571 to whomH834 GodH430 has givenH5414 richesH6239 and wealth,H5233 and has given him powerH7980 to eatH398 thereof, and to takeH5375 his portion,H2506 and to rejoiceH8055 in his labor;H5999 thisH2090 is the giftH4991 of God.H430
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For he shall not muchH7235 rememberH2142 the daysH3117 of his life;H2416 becauseH3588 GodH430 answersH6030 him in the joyH8057 of his heart.H3820
