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Ecclesiastes 2:26

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in his sight: Heb. before him, Genesis 7:1; Luke 1:6

wisdom: 2 Chronicles 31:20-21; Proverbs 3:13-18; Isaiah 3:10-11; John 16:24; Romans 14:17-18; 1 Corinthians 1:30-31; Galatians 5:22-23; Colossians 1:9-12, Colossians 3:16-17; James 3:17

to the sinner: Job 27:16-17; Proverbs 13:22, Proverbs 28:8

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