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Ecclesiastes 1:17
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Ecclesiastes 1:17
New King James Version
17 (A)And I set my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is grasping for the wind.
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Ecclesiastes 1:17
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Ecclesiastes 1:17
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17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
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Ecclesiastes 1:17
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Ecclesiastes 1:17
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17 And I (A)applied my heart to know wisdom and to know (B)madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but (C)a striving after wind.
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Ecclesiastes 1:17
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Ecclesiastes 1:17
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17 Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom,(A) and also of madness and folly,(B) but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:12
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Ecclesiastes 2:12
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The End of the Wise and the Fool
12 Then I turned myself to consider wisdom (A)and madness and folly;
For what can the man do who succeeds the king?—
Only what he has already (B)done.
Ecclesiastes 2:12
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Ecclesiastes 2:12
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12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
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Ecclesiastes 2:12
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Ecclesiastes 2:12
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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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Ecclesiastes 2:12
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Wisdom and Folly Are Meaningless
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