Ecclesiastes 2:1, The vanity of human courses in the works of pleasure; Ecclesiastes 2:12, Though the wise be better than the fool, yet both have one event; Ecclesiastes 2:18, The vanity of human labour, in leaving it they know not to whom; Ecclesiastes 2:24, Nothing better than joy in our labour; but that is God’s gift.
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Ecclesiastes 2
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