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Ecclesiastes 7:1

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Ecclesiastes 7:1 English Standard Version (ESV)

The Contrast of Wisdom and Folly

7 A good name is better than precious ointment,
    and the day of death than the day of birth.

English Standard Version (ESV)

The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

Ecclesiastes 7:1 in all English translations

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