Ecclesiastes 7:13-15

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¹³Consider the work of God,^(A)
for who can straighten out
what he has made crooked?^(B)

¹⁴In the day of prosperity be joyful,^(C) but in the day of adversity, consider: God has made the one as well as the other,^(D) so that no one can discover anything that will come after him.

Avoiding Extremes

¹⁵In my futile life^[a] I have seen everything:^(E) someone righteous perishes in spite of his righteousness,^(F) and someone wicked lives long in spite of his evil.^(G)

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