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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">If either of them falls down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.4.10"><span class="content">one can help the other up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.4.10"><span class="content">But pity anyone who falls</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.4.10"><span class="content">and has no one to help them up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.4.11"><span class="content">But how can one keep warm alone?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ECC.4.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Though one may be overpowered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.4.12"><span class="content">two can defend themselves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.4.12"><span class="content">A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Advancement Is Meaningless</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ECC.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ECC.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to heed a warning. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ECC.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The youth may have come from prison to the kingship, or he may have been born in poverty within his kingdom. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ECC.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed the youth, the king&#8217;s successor. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ECC.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">There was no end to all the people who were before them. But those who came later were not pleased with the successor. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.5.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Do not be quick with your mouth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.5.2"><span class="content">do not be hasty in your heart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.5.2"><span class="content">to utter anything before God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.5.2"><span class="content">God is in heaven</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.5.2"><span class="content">and you are on earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.5.2"><span class="content">so let your words be few.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A dream comes when there are many cares,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.5.3"><span class="content">and many words mark the speech of a fool.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ECC.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Do not let your mouth lead you into sin. And do not protest to the temple messenger, &#8220;My vow was a mistake.&#8221; Why should God be angry at what you say and destroy the work of your hands? </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore fear God.</span></span></div>
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