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Whatever your hand finds to do,
1do it with your might,
2for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
Wisdom Better than Folly
11 3Again I saw that under the sun
4the race is not to the swift, nor
5the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and
6chance
7happen to them all.
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For man
8does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and
9like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are
10snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.
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I have also seen this example of wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me.
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There was a little city with few men in it, and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it.
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But there was found in it
11a poor, wise man, and he by his
12wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
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But I say that
13wisdom is better than might, though
14the poor man's wisdom is despised and his words are not heard.
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The words of the wise heard in
15quiet are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.
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16Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but
17one sinner destroys much good.