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Ecclesiastes 2:12-14
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Ecclesiastes 2:12-14
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Wisdom and Joy Given to One Who Pleases God
12 So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what can the one do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done. 13 Then I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness.
14 The wise have eyes in their head,
but fools walk in darkness.
Yet I perceived that the same fate befalls all of them.
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