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Ecclesiastes 2:14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Ecclesiastes 2:14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
14 Wise people have eyes in their heads,
but fools walk in darkness.
Yet I knew that the same lot befalls both.[a](A)
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- 2:14 Yet I knew…befalls both: the author quotes a traditional saying upholding the advantages of wisdom, but then qualifies it. Nothing, not even wisdom itself, can give someone absolute control over their destiny and therefore guarantee any advantage.
John 11:10
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
John 11:10
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
10 But if one walks at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”[a]
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