Ecclesiastes 2:15

So I said to myself, “What happens to the fool will also happen to me. Why then have I been overly wise?” And I said to myself that this is also futile.

Ecclesiastes 6:8

What advantage then does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage is there for the poor person who knows how to conduct himself before others?

1 Kings 3:12

I will therefore do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has never been anyone like you before and never will be again.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

“Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”

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 1:16

I said to myself, “Look, I have amassed wisdom far beyond all those who were over Jerusalem before me, and my mind has thoroughly grasped wisdom and knowledge.”

Ecclesiastes 1:18-1

For with much wisdom is much sorrow;
as knowledge increases, grief increases.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

For, just like the fool, there is no lasting remembrance of the wise man, since in the days to come both will be forgotten. How is it that the wise man dies just like the fool?

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Summary

Ecclesiastes 2:15

Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

And why

Ecclesiastes 1:16

1 Kings 3:12

Then i

Ecclesiastes 2:1

Ecclesiastes 1:2

General references

Ecclesiastes 1:2

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And why

I said to myself, “Look, I have amassed wisdom far beyond all those who were over Jerusalem before me, and my mind has thoroughly grasped wisdom and knowledge.”

I will therefore do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has never been anyone like you before and never will be again.

Then i

I said to myself, “Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good.” But it turned out to be futile.

“Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”

General references

“Absolute futility,” says the Teacher.
“Absolute futility. Everything is futile.”