OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 17

Ecclesiastes 1:17

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I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.

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Ecclesiastes 1:14–18

14

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

15

That which is crooked can’t be made straight; and that which is lacking can’t be counted.

16

I said to myself, “Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”

17
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I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.

18

For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

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