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Ecclesiastes 9:12-14
New International Reader's Version

12 No one knows when trouble will come to them.

Fish are caught in nets.
    Birds are taken in traps.
And people are trapped by hard times
    that come when they don’t expect them.

Being Wise Is Better Than Being Foolish

13 Here’s something else I saw on this earth. I saw an example of wisdom that touched me deeply. 14 There was once a small city. Only a few people lived there. A powerful king attacked it. He brought in war machines all around it.

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