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Passage Lookup: Ecclesiastes 1:12-18
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Ecclesiastes 1:12
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I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes 1:13
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I devoted myself to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid on men!
Ecclesiastes 1:14
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I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 1:15
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What is twisted cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted.
Ecclesiastes 1:16
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I thought to myself, "Look, I have grown and increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me; I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge."
Ecclesiastes 1:17
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Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.
Ecclesiastes 1:18
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For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief.
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