Ecclesiastes 1:13
English Standard Version
13 And I (A)applied my heart[a] to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy (B)business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.
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- Ecclesiastes 1:13 The Hebrew term denotes the center of one's inner life, including mind, will, and emotions
Ecclesiastes 1:13
New International Version
13 I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens.(A) What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind!(B)
Ecclesiastes 2:3
English Standard Version
3 I (A)searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine—my heart still guiding me with wisdom—and how to lay hold on (B)folly, till I might see what was good for the children of man to do under heaven during the few days of their life.
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Ecclesiastes 2:3
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3 I tried cheering myself with wine,(A) and embracing folly(B)—my mind still guiding me with wisdom. I wanted to see what was good for people to do under the heavens during the few days of their lives.
Ecclesiastes 2:12
English Standard Version
The Vanity of Living Wisely
12 (A)So I turned to consider (B)wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only (C)what has already been done.
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Ecclesiastes 2:12
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Wisdom and Folly Are Meaningless
Ecclesiastes 7:23
English Standard Version
23 All this I have tested by wisdom. (A)I said, “I will be wise,” but it was far from me.
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Ecclesiastes 7:23
New International Version
23 All this I tested by wisdom and I said,
“I am determined to be wise”(A)—
but this was beyond me.
Ecclesiastes 7:25
English Standard Version
25 (A)I turned my heart to know and to search out and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know the wickedness of folly and the foolishness that is madness.
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Ecclesiastes 7:25
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