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For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
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Verse 21. Wisdom. The writings of the wise are often perverted by perverse heretics. Saint Jerome—Idle heirs dissipate the possessions, which had been accumulated with such industry. Calmet.—Riches tend to encourage the profligacy of the heir. Menochius.
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