Ecclesiastes 7:28
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28 which my soul has sought repeatedly, but I have not found. (A)One man among a thousand I found, but (B)a woman among all these I have not found.
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Job 33:23
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23 If there be for him (A)an angel,
(B)a mediator, (C)one of the thousand,
to declare to man what is (D)right for him,
1 Kings 11:1-3
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Solomon Turns from the Lord
11 Now (A)King Solomon loved many foreign women, along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, 2 from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the people of Israel, (B)“You shall not enter into marriage with them, neither shall they with you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love. 3 He had 700 wives, who were princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart.
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Psalm 12:1
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The Faithful Have Vanished
To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith.[a] A Psalm of David.
12 Save, O Lord, for (A)the godly one is gone;
for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
Footnotes
- Psalm 12:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Isaiah 26:9
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9 My soul yearns for you in the night;
my spirit within me earnestly seeks you.
(A)For when your judgments are in the earth,
the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Ecclesiastes 7:23-24
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23 All this I have tested by wisdom. (A)I said, “I will be wise,” but it was far from me. 24 That which has been is far off, and (B)deep, very deep; (C)who can find it out?
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