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
And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.
Ecclesiastes 2:3
I made a search with my heart to give pleasure to my flesh with wine, still guiding my heart with wisdom, and to go after foolish things, so that I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under the heavens all the days of their life.
Ecclesiastes 7:23
All this I have put to the test by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.
1 Thessalonians 5:21
Let all things be tested; keep to what is good;
I perceived
Ecclesiastes 2:10
And nothing which was desired by my eyes did I keep from them; I did not keep any joy from my heart, because my heart took pleasure in all my work, and this was my reward.
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Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.
Ecclesiastes 6:11
There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?