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Ecclesiastes 9:5-7
English Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 9:5-7
English Standard Version
5 For the living know that they will die, but (A)the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for (B)the memory of them is forgotten. 6 Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun.
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7 Go, (C)eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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