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Ecclesiastes 12:11-12
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11 The words of the wise are like goads, and the collected sayings are like firmly embedded nails, given by one shepherd. 12 My son, beware of anything beyond these.

Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness to the flesh.

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Ecclesiastes 12:11-12
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11 The words of the wise are like cattle goads; the collections of the sages are like pricks inflicted by one shepherd.[a] 12 My son, be careful about anything beyond these things.[b] For the writing of books is endless, and too much study is wearisome.[c]

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  1. Ecclesiastes 12:11 Or “The owner of collections are given by one shepherd”
  2. Ecclesiastes 12:12 Literally “but from more than them”
  3. Ecclesiastes 12:12 Literally “increases weariness of flesh”
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