Ecclesiastes 7:23-29 - Absolute Wisdom Is Unattainable
23 I have tried and proved all this by wisdom. I said: I will be wise but it was far from me. 24 That which is far off, and exceedingly deep, who can find it out? 25 I applied my heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom. I looked for the explanation, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness. 26 I find what was worse than death is the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands are chains. He who pleases God will escape from her. But she will capture the sinner. 27 Behold, this I have found, says the preacher, counting one by one to find out the account: 28 For I am still seeking and have not found. One man among a thousand I have found; but a woman among all those I have not found. 29 You see! I have found only this, that God made man upright. But they have sought out many devices (schemes) (reasonings).