Proverbs 27:23-27

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²³^(A)Know well the condition of your flocks,
    and ^(B)give attention to your herds,
²⁴for ^(C)riches do not last forever;
    and does a crown endure to all generations?
²⁵^(D)When the grass is gone and the new growth appears
    and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered,
²⁶^(E)the lambs will provide your clothing,
    and the goats the price of a field.
²⁷^(F)There will be enough goats' milk for your food,
    for the food of your household
    and maintenance for your girls.

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Ecclesiastes 2:24

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²⁴^(A)There is nothing better for a person than that he should ^(B)eat and drink and find enjoyment^[a] in his toil. This also, I saw, is ^(C)from the hand of God,

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Footnotes

Ecclesiastes 2:24 Or and make his soul see good

Ecclesiastes 2:24 in all English translations

Ecclesiastes 3:12-13

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¹²I perceived that there is ^(A)nothing better for them than to be joyful and to ^(B)do good as long as they live; ¹³also ^(C)that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is ^(D)God's gift to man.

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1 Timothy 6:17-18

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¹⁷As for the rich in ^(A)this present age, charge them ^(B)not to be haughty, nor ^(C)to set their hopes on ^(D)the uncertainty of riches, but on God, ^(E)who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. ¹⁸They are to do good, ^(F)to be rich in good works, to be generous and ^(G)ready to share,

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Isaiah 38:1

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Hezekiah's Sickness and Recovery

38 ^(A)In those days Hezekiah became ^(B)sick and was at the point of death. And ^(C)Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Thus says the Lord: Set your house in order, for you shall die, you shall not recover.”^[a]

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