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Ecclesiastes 9:18

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Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.

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Verse 18. Things. A woman saved Abela; and Achan almost ruined Israel. Want of prudence in a general is often fatal. Virtues are connected, as well as vices. Calmet.—For one transgression, many acts of virtue are lost. Saint Jerome

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