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Ecclesiastes 7:2
It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.

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Ecclesiastes 7:3
Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.

Ecclesiastes 2:2
Of laughing I said, It is foolish; and of joy--What use is it?

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Ecclesiastes 12:13
This is the last word. All has been said. Have fear of God and keep his laws; because this is right for every man.

Ecclesiastes 3:11
He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.

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Job 5:17
Truly, that man is happy who has training from the hand of God: so do not let your heart be shut to the teaching of the Ruler of all.

Job 23:10
For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.

Job 34:31
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Psalms 119:67
Before I was in trouble I went out of the way; but now I keep your word.

Zechariah 13:9
And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.

2 Corinthians 4:17
For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;

Hebrews 12:11
At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.

Revelation 7:14
And I said to him, My lord, you have knowledge. And he said to me, These are they who came through the great testing, and their robes have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb.

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