Ecclesiastes 1:17; Ecclesiastes 2:3; Ecclesiastes 2:12; Ecclesiastes 2:13; Ecclesiastes 10:1; Ecclesiastes 10:13

Ecclesiastes 1:17

17 And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 2:3

3 I explored with my mind how to stimulate my body with wine while my mind was guiding me wisely, and how to take hold of folly, until I could see what good there is for the sons of men to do under heaven the few years of their lives.

Ecclesiastes 2:12

12 So I turned to consider wisdom, madness and folly; for what will the man do who will come after the king except what has already been done?

Ecclesiastes 2:13

13 And I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness.

Ecclesiastes 10:1

1 Dead flies make a perfumer's oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom and honor.

Ecclesiastes 10:13

13 the beginning of his talking is folly and the end of it is wicked madness.