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Ecclesiastes 7:25

Ecclesiastes 7:25

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I applied mine heart: Heb. I and my heart compassed, Ecclesiastes 1:13-17, Ecclesiastes 2:1-3, Ecclesiastes 2:12, Ecclesiastes 2:20

the reason: Ecclesiastes 7:27 *marg. Ecclesiastes 2:15, Ecclesiastes 3:16-17, Ecclesiastes 9:1-2; Jeremiah 12:1-2; 2 Peter 2:3-9, 2 Peter 3:3-9

know: Ecclesiastes 9:3, Ecclesiastes 10:13; Genesis 34:7; Joshua 7:13; 2 Samuel 13:12; Proverbs 17:12, Proverbs 26:11

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