Ecclesiastes 12:10

Young's Literal Translation 1898

The preacher sought to find out pleasing words, and, written by the upright, words of truth.

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The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, And the mouth of the wicked perverseness!

Joy is to a man in the answer of his mouth, And a word in its season--how good!

An abomination to Jehovah are thoughts of wickedness, And pure are sayings of pleasantness.

Words of a preacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem:

I, a preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

`Verily, verily, I say to thee--What we have known we speak, and what we have seen we testify, and our testimony ye do not receive;

because of the hope that is laid up for you in the heavens, which ye heard of before in the word of the truth of the good news,

stedfast is the word, and of all acceptation worthy, that Christ Jesus came to the world to save sinners--first of whom I am;