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Ecclesiastes 7:23

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23 I have always tried my best to let wisdom guide my thoughts and actions. I said to myself, “I am determined to be wise.” But it didn’t work.
23 All this I tested by wisdom and I said, “I am determined to be wise”— but this was beyond me.
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