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Ecclesiastes 1:13; Ecclesiastes 1:16-18
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Ecclesiastes 1:13
13
I applied my mind to seek and explore through wisdom all that is done under heaven. God has given people this miserable task to keep them occupied.
Holman Christian Standard Bible ® Copyright © 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Ecclesiastes 1:16-18
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I said to myself, "Look, I have amassed wisdom far beyond all those who were over Jerusalem before me, and my mind has thoroughly grasped wisdom and knowledge."
17
I applied my mind to know wisdom and knowledge, madness and folly; I learned that this too is a pursuit of the wind.
18
For with much wisdom is much sorrow; as knowledge increases, grief increases.
Holman Christian Standard Bible ® Copyright © 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.