Verse 15

Then thought I in my mynde, yf it happen vnto the foole as it doth vnto me, what needeth me then to labour any more for wisdome? So I confessed within my heart that this also was but vanitie.

Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 6:8 : 8 For what hath the wise more then the foole? What helpeth it the poore that he knoweth to walke with fooles before the lyuyng?
  • 1 Kgs 3:12 : 12 Behold, I haue done according to thy wordes, lo I haue geuen thee a wyse & an vnderstanding heart, so that there was none lyke thee before thee, neither after thee shal any aryse lyke vnto thee.
  • Eccl 1:2 : 2 All is but most vayne vanitie saith the preacher, & all is most vayne I say and but playne vanitie.
  • Eccl 1:14 : 14 Thus haue I considered all these thynges that come to passe vnder the sunne: and lo, they are all but vanitie and vexation of mynde.
  • Eccl 1:16 : 16 I communed with myne owne heart, saying: lo I am come to great estate, and haue gotten more wisdome then all they that haue ben before me in Hierusalem.
  • Eccl 1:18-2:1 : 18 For where much wisdome is, there is also great trauayle and disquietnesse: and the more knowledge a man hath, the more is his care. 1 Then sayde I thus in my heart: Nowe go to, I will take myne ease, and haue good dayes: But lo, that is vanitie also.
  • Eccl 2:16 : 16 For the wise are euer as litle in remembraunce as the foolishe: for the dayes shall come when all shalbe forgotten: yea the wise man dyeth as well as the foole.