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Like abundant leaves on a spreading tree that sheds some and puts forth others, so are the generations of flesh and blood: one dies and another is born.
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Every work decays and ceases to exist, and the one who made it will pass away with it.
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Happy is the person who meditates on wisdom and reasons intelligently,
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who reflects in his heart on her ways and ponders her secrets,
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pursuing her like a hunter, and lying in wait on her paths;
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.