1 For I1 considered all this in my heart, so that I could declare it all: athat the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God. People know neither love nor hatred by anything they see before them.
2 aAll things come alike to all:
One event happens to the1 righteous and the wicked;
To the good, the clean, and the unclean;
To him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice.
As is the good, so is the sinner;
He who takes an oath as he who fears an oath.
One event happens to the1 righteous and the wicked;
To the good, the clean, and the unclean;
To him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice.
As is the good, so is the sinner;
He who takes an oath as he who fears an oath.
3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun: that one thing happens to all. Truly the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
4 But for him who is joined to all the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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alike.
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as is.
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feareth.
Genesis 24:3
Genesis 24:8
Genesis 24:9
Joshua 2:17
1 Samuel 14:26
Ezekiel 17:18
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Zechariah 5:3
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Malachi 3:5
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