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Passage Lookup: Ecclesiastes 1:12-18
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Ecclesiastes 1:12
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I, the (C1)Preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
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Ecclesiastes 1:13
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And I (C1)set my (F1)mind to seek and (C2)explore by wisdom about everything that has been done under heaven. It is a (F2)(C3)sorry task with which God has given the sons of mankind to be troubled.
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Ecclesiastes 1:14
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I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is (C1)futility and striving after wind.
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Ecclesiastes 1:15
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What is (C1)crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.
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Ecclesiastes 1:16
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I (F1)said to myself, "Behold, I have magnified and increased (C1)wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my (F2)mind has observed (F3)a wealth of wisdom and knowledge."
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Ecclesiastes 1:17
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And I (C1)applied my (F1)mind to know wisdom and to (C2)know insanity and foolishness; I realized that this also is (C3)striving after wind.
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Ecclesiastes 1:18
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Because (C1)in much wisdom there is much grief; and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain.
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