Ecclesiastes 2:15; Ecclesiastes 2:19; Ecclesiastes 7:16; Ecclesiastes 7:23

Ecclesiastes 2:15

15 Then I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will overtake me also. What then do I gain by being wise?” I said to myself, “This too is meaningless.”

Ecclesiastes 2:19

19 And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? Yet they will have control over all the fruit of my toil into which I have poured my effort and skill under the sun. This too is meaningless.

Ecclesiastes 7:16

16 Do not be overrighteous, neither be overwise— why destroy yourself?

Ecclesiastes 7:23

23 All this I tested by wisdom and I said, “I am determined to be wise”— but this was beyond me.