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Ecclesiastes 1:13; Ecclesiastes 1:16-18
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Ecclesiastes 1:13
13
I determined that I would examine and study all the things that are done in this world. God has laid a miserable fate upon us.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
Ecclesiastes 1:16-18
16
I told myself, "I have become a great man, far wiser than anyone who ruled Jerusalem before me. I know what wisdom and knowledge really are."
17
I was determined to learn the difference between knowledge and foolishness, wisdom and madness. But I found out that I might as well be chasing the wind.
18
The wiser you are, the more worries you have; the more you know, the more it hurts.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.