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Ecclesiastes 2:12
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Wisdom and Joy Given to One Who Pleases God

12 So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly, for what can the king’s successor do? Only what has already been done.(A)

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Ecclesiastes 2:12
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Wisdom and Folly Are Meaningless

12 Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom,
    and also madness and folly.(A)
What more can the king’s successor do
    than what has already been done?(B)

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Ecclesiastes 3:15
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15 That which is already has been, that which is to be already is, and God seeks out what has gone by.[a](A)

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  1. 3.15 Heb what is pursued
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Ecclesiastes 3:15
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15 Whatever is has already been,(A)
    and what will be has been before;(B)
    and God will call the past to account.[a]

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  1. Ecclesiastes 3:15 Or God calls back the past
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