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Ecclesiastes 1:13; Ecclesiastes 1:16-18
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Ecclesiastes 1:13
13
And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. It is a grievous task which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, California. All rights reserved.
Ecclesiastes 1:16-18
16
I said to myself, "Behold, I have magnified and increased wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge."
17
And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind.
18
Because in much wisdom there is much grief, and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain.
New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, California. All rights reserved.