what hath the wise: Ecclesiastes 2:14-16, Ecclesiastes 5:11
the poor: Genesis 17:1; Psalms 101:2, Psalms 116:9; Proverbs 19:1; Luke 1:6; 1 Timothy 6:17
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Ecclesiastes 6:8
Ecclesiastes 6:8
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