The one who keeps a command will not experience anything harmful,(A) and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure. For every activity there is a right time and procedure,(B) even though man’s troubles are heavy on him. Yet no one knows what will happen(C) because who can tell him what will happen?

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Whoever obeys his command will come to no harm,
    and the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure.
For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter,(A)
    though a person may be weighed down by misery.

Since no one knows the future,
    who can tell someone else what is to come?

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