Ecclesiastes 7:23-25

American Standard Version

²³ All this have I ^[a]proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. ²⁴ That which ^[b]is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out? ²⁵ I turned about, and my heart was set to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of things, and to know ^[c]that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.