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Summary

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.

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And why

Ecclesiastes 1:16
Spake, I, in my heart, saying, As for me, lo! I have become great, and have gathered wisdom, beyond any one who hath been before me over Jerusalem, - and, my heart, hath seen much wisdom and knowledge:
1 Kings 3:12
lo! I have done according to thy word, - lo! I have given unto thee a wise and discerning heart, so that, like thee, hath been none, before thee, and, after thee, shall rise up none, like thee.

Then i

Ecclesiastes 2:1
Said, I, in my heart, Come now! I will prove thee with gladness, and look thou on blessedness, - but lo! even that, was vanity.
Ecclesiastes 1:2
Vanity of vanities! saith the Proclaimer, vanity of vanities! all, is vanity.

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Ecclesiastes 1:2
Vanity of vanities! saith the Proclaimer, vanity of vanities! all, is vanity.