Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
I perceived
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Bible References
I gave
Ecclesiastes 1:13
I applied my mind to seek and explore through wisdom all that is done under heaven. God has given people this miserable task to keep them occupied.
Ecclesiastes 2:3
I explored with my mind how to let my body enjoy life with wine and how to grasp folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what is good for people to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.
Ecclesiastes 7:23
I have tested all this by wisdom. I resolved, “I will be wise,” but it was beyond me.
1 Thessalonians 5:21 but test all things.
Hold on to what is good.
Hold on to what is good.
I perceived
Ecclesiastes 2:10
All that my eyes desired, I did not deny them. I did not refuse myself any pleasure, for I took pleasure in all my struggles. This was my reward for all my struggles.
General references
Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
Ecclesiastes 6:11
For when there are many words, they increase futility. What is the advantage for man?