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11 Wise use of possessions is good;
    it brings benefit to the living.[a]
12 Indeed, wisdom gives protection,[b] just like money does,
    but it’s better to know that wisdom gives life,
        to those who have mastered[c] it.

The Works of God

13 Consider the work of God:

Who is able to straighten
    what he has bent?

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:11 Lit. to those who see the sun
  2. Ecclesiastes 7:12 Or shade
  3. Ecclesiastes 7:12 Or acquired