I gave: Ecclesiastes 1:13, Ecclesiastes 2:3, Ecclesiastes 2:12, Ecclesiastes 7:23-25; 1 Thessalonians 5:21
I perceived: Ecclesiastes 2:10-11
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Ecclesiastes 1:17
Ecclesiastes 1:17
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