Ecclesiastes 9:1

Mankind Is in the Hand of God

For I have given all this to my heart and explain ¹it that righteous men, wise men, and their service are ^ain the hand of God. ^bMan does not know whether it will be ^clove or hatred; anything may be before him.

Ecclesiastes 9:2

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2 ^aIt is the same for all. There is ^bone fate for the righteous and for the wicked; for the good, for the clean and for the unclean; for the man who offers a sacrifice and for the one who does not sacrifice. As the good man is, so is the sinner; as the swearer is, so is the one who ¹is afraid to swear.