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Ecclesiastes 1:16-18
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16 I said to myself, “I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my mind has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”(A) 17 And I applied my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a chasing after wind.(B)

18 For in much wisdom is much vexation,
and those who increase knowledge increase sorrow.(C)

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