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Ecclesiastes 1:12

I, the Preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

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Ecclesiastes 1:13

And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom about everything that has been done under heaven. It is a sorry task with which God has given the sons of mankind to be troubled.

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Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is futility and striving after wind.

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Ecclesiastes 1:15

What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.

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Ecclesiastes 1:16

I said to myself, "Behold, I have magnified and increased wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge."

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Ecclesiastes 1:17

And I applied my mind to know wisdom and to know insanity and foolishness; I realized that this also is striving after wind.

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Ecclesiastes 1:18

Because in much wisdom there is much grief; and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain.

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