Ecclesiastes 7:23-25

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²³ I have used wisdom to study all these things.
    I tried very much to understand everything that happens.
But I could not do it.
²⁴ People cannot understand these things.
    The meaning of life is too difficult for anyone to understand.
²⁵ I decided to study many things
    so that I would become wise.
I wanted to understand the reason why things happen.
I also wanted to know why it is stupid to be wicked,
    and why it is crazy to do foolish things.