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Eclesiastes 2:13

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13 Percebi que a sabedoria é melhor que a insensatez,assim como a luz é melhor do que as trevas.

Eclesiastes 2:13 Meaning and Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:13

Then I sat that wisdom excelleth folly
However, this upon a review of things he could not but own, that natural wisdom and knowledge, though there was no true happiness and satisfaction in them, yet they greatly exceeded folly and madness; as far as light excelleth darkness;
as the light of the day the darkness of the night; the one is pleasant and delightful, the other very uncomfortable; the one useful to direct in walking, the other very unsafe to walk in: light sometimes signifies joy and prosperity, and darkness adversity; the one is used to express the light of grace, and the other the darkness of sin and ignorance; now as the natural light exceeds darkness, and prosperity exceeds adversity and calamities, and a state of grace exceeds a state of sin and wickedness, so wisdom exceeds folly.

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Eclesiastes 2:13 In-Context

11 Contudo, quando avaliei tudo o que as minhas mãos haviam feitoe o trabalho que eu tanto me esforçara para realizar,percebi que tudo foi inútil, foi correr atrás do vento;não há nenhum proveito no que se faz debaixo do sol.
12 Então passei a refletir na sabedoria,na loucura e na insensatez.O que pode fazer o sucessor do rei,a não ser repetir o que já foi feito?
13 Percebi que a sabedoria é melhor que a insensatez,assim como a luz é melhor do que as trevas.
14 O homem sábio tem olhos que enxergam,mas o tolo anda nas trevas;todavia, percebique ambos têm o mesmo destino.
15 Aí fiquei pensando:O que acontece ao tolo também me acontecerá.Que proveito eu tive em ser sábio?Então eu disse a mim mesmo:Isso não faz o menor sentido!
Biblia Sagrada, Nova Versão Internacional®, NVI® Copyright © 1993, 2000 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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