Ecclesiastes 2:12

Then I turned to consider wisdom, madness, and folly, for what will the man be like who comes after the king? He will do what has already been done.

Ecclesiastes 1:17

I applied my mind to know wisdom and knowledge, madness and folly; I learned that this too is a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

I turned my thoughts to know, explore, and seek wisdom and an explanation for things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity and folly is madness.

Ecclesiastes 1:9-10

What has been is what will be,
and what has been done is what will be done;
there is nothing new under the sun.

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Summary

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.

Even that which hath been already done

Bible References

I turned

Ecclesiastes 1:17
I applied my mind to know wisdom and knowledge, madness and folly; I learned that this too is a pursuit of the wind.
Ecclesiastes 7:25
I turned my thoughts to know, explore, and seek wisdom and an explanation for things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity and folly is madness.

Even that which hath been already done

Ecclesiastes 2:25
because who can eat and who can enjoy life apart from Him?

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