Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Ecclesiastes 9:8
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Let your garments always be white, and never spare the oil for your head.
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Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
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Let your garments be always white, and don’t let your head lack oil.
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Let thy garments be always white; and let not thy head lack oil.
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Ecclesiastes 9
6 Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a share in all that is done under the sun.
7 Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
8 Let your garments always be white, and never spare the oil for your head.
9 Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.
10 Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
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