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Ecclesiastes 7:23
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Ecclesiastes 7:23
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Absolute Wisdom is Unattainable
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All this I have tested with wisdom. I said, "I will be wise!" but {it was beyond my grasp}.
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Do not pay attention to everything people say, lest you hear your own servant curse you.
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For your heart knows that you also have cursed others many times.
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All this I have tested with wisdom. I said, "I will be wise!" but {it was beyond my grasp}.
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{Whatever is--it is far beyond comprehension}. Who can discover it?
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I set my mind to try to seek wisdom and the plan, and to know that wickedness [is] foolishness and that folly [is] delusion.
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[a].
Literally "it [was] far from me"
Scripture quotations marked (LEB) are from the Lexham English Bible. Copyright 2012 Logos Bible Software. Lexham is a registered trademark of Logos Bible Software.