Ecclesiastes 1:12-14

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The Futility of Seeking Wisdom

¹² I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem. ¹³ I applied my mind to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven; it is an unhappy business that God has given to humans to be busy with.^{(A) 14} I saw all the deeds that are done under the sun, and see, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.^(B)