Ecclesiastes 1:12-15

Wisdom Is Meaningless

12 I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13 I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind!
14 I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
15 What is crooked cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted.

Cross References 6

  • 1. S ver 1
  • 2. Ecclesiastes 2:9
  • 3. S Job 28:3
  • 4. S Genesis 3:17; Ecclesiastes 3:10
  • 5. Ecclesiastes 2:11,17; Ecclesiastes 4:4; Ecclesiastes 6:9
  • 6. Ecclesiastes 7:13
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