Parallel Bible results for "ecclesiastes 8:1"

Ecclesiastes 8:1

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1 How wonderful to be wise, to analyze and interpret things. Wisdom lights up a person’s face, softening its harshness.
1 Who is like the wise? Who knows the explanation of things? A person’s wisdom brightens their face and changes its hard appearance.
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