Ecclesiastes 2:15
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15 So I said in my heart,
“As it happens to the fool,
It also happens to me,
And why was I then more wise?”
Then I said in my heart,
“This also is vanity.”
Ecclesiastes 6:8
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8 For what more has the wise man than the fool?
What does the poor man have,
Who knows how to walk before the living?
Ecclesiastes 1:14
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14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and grasping for the wind.
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Ecclesiastes 2:16
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16 For there is (A)no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever,
Since all that now is will be forgotten in the days to come.
And how does a wise man die?
As the fool!
Ecclesiastes 1:18-2:1
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Ecclesiastes 1:16
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16 I communed with my heart, saying, “Look, I have attained greatness, and have gained (A)more wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My heart has [a]understood great wisdom and knowledge.”
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- Ecclesiastes 1:16 Lit. seen
Ecclesiastes 1:2
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- Ecclesiastes 1:2 Or Absurdity, Frustration, Futility, Nonsense; and so throughout the book
1 Kings 3:12
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12 (A)behold, I have done according to your words; (B)see, I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has not been anyone like you before you, nor shall any like you arise after you.
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