Ecclesiastes 1:12; Ecclesiastes 1:13; Ecclesiastes 1:16; Ecclesiastes 1:17

Ecclesiastes 1:12

12 I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 1:13

13 I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind!

Ecclesiastes 1:16

16 I said to myself, “Look, I have increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me; I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge.”

Ecclesiastes 1:17

17 Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.