The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,
    but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.(A)

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The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

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Extortion turns a wise person into a fool,
    and a bribe(A) corrupts the heart.

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Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

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22 for you know in your heart
    that many times you yourself have cursed others.

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22 For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

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26 I find more bitter than death
    the woman who is a snare,(A)
whose heart is a trap
    and whose hands are chains.
The man who pleases God will escape her,
    but the sinner she will ensnare.(B)

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26 And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

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Whoever obeys his command will come to no harm,
    and the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure.

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Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.

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11 When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong.

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11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

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This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all.(A) The hearts of people, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live,(B) and afterward they join the dead.(C)

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This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

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Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine(A) with a joyful heart,(B) for God has already approved what you do.

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Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

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The heart of the wise inclines to the right,
    but the heart of the fool to the left.

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A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

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You who are young, be happy while you are young,
    and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth.
Follow the ways of your heart
    and whatever your eyes see,
but know that for all these things
    God will bring you into judgment.(A)

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Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

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10 So then, banish anxiety(A) from your heart
    and cast off the troubles of your body,
    for youth and vigor are meaningless.(B)

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10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

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All night long on my bed
    I looked(A) for the one my heart loves;
    I looked for him but did not find him.

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By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

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I will get up now and go about the city,
    through its streets and squares;
I will search for the one my heart loves.
    So I looked for him but did not find him.

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I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

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