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11 The sayings of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings that are given by one shepherd.[a] 12 Of anything beyond these, my child, beware. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 12:11 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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