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Psalm 118:12
English Standard Version

12 (A)They surrounded me like bees;
    they went out like (B)a fire among thorns;
    in the name of the Lord I cut them off!

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Ecclesiastes 7:6
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6 (A)For as the crackling of (B)thorns under a pot,
    so is the laughter of the fools;
    this also is vanity.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:6 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)
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