Ecclesiastes 7:23-29 - Absolute Wisdom Is Unattainable
23 All this I have tested with wisdom. I said, "I will be wise!" but {it was beyond my grasp}. 24 {Whatever is--it is far beyond comprehension}. Who can discover it? 25 I set my mind to try to seek wisdom and the plan, and to know that wickedness [is] foolishness and that folly [is] delusion. 26 I myself found [that] more bitter than death [is] the woman who [is] a trap, whose heart [is] a snare, and whose hands [are] bonds. The one who pleases God escapes from her, but the sinner is caught by her. 27 "Look! I found this," said the Teacher, "while trying to find how the plan fits together. 28 What my heart sought, I did not find. Although I found one righteous man among one thousand, I did not find one [upright] woman among all these. 29 Look! This alone I found: God made mankind upright, but they have devised many schemes."