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Ecclesiastes 1:16-18
Living Bible
Ecclesiastes 1:16-18
Living Bible
16-18 I said to myself, “Look, I am better educated than any of the kings before me in Jerusalem. I have greater wisdom and knowledge.” So I worked hard to be wise instead of foolish[a]—but now I realize that even this was like chasing the wind. For the more my wisdom, the more my grief; to increase knowledge only increases distress.
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- Ecclesiastes 1:16 So I worked hard to be wise instead of foolish, or “So I sought to learn about composure and madness.”
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