Ecclesiastes 1:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

For in much wisdom is much grief, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

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  • Eccl 12:12-13 : 12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
  • 1 Cor 3:18-20 : 18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He catches the wise in their own craftiness. 20 And again, The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And to man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.'
  • Eccl 2:15 : 15 So I said in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me. And why was I then more wise?" Then I said in my heart, "This also is vanity."
  • Eccl 2:23 : 23 For all his days are sorrowful, and his work is burdensome; even at night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.
  • Eccl 7:16 : 16 Do not be overly righteous, nor make yourself overly wise; why should you destroy yourself?
  • Jas 3:13-17 : 13 Who is wise and endowed with knowledge among you? Let him show by good conduct his works with the meekness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter envy and strife in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envy and strife are, there is confusion and every evil work. 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

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    13And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this difficult task God has given to the children of man to be engaged with.

    14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

    15That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is lacking cannot be counted.

    16I communed with my own heart, saying, Look, I have attained great stature, and gained more wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem: yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

    17And I set my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 7:25
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    25I applied my heart to know, to search, and to seek out wisdom and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even foolishness and madness.

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    19And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I have labored and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

    20Therefore I turned my heart to despair over all the labor which I had done under the sun.

    21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill. Yet he must leave his inheritance to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

    22For what has man from all his labor, and of the striving of his heart with which he has labored under the sun?

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    26For God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to the man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and collecting, only to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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    3Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the face the heart is made better.

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    12And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

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    5A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel;

    6To understand a proverb and the interpretation, the words of the wise and their riddles.

    7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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    13Then I saw that wisdom excels folly just as light excels darkness.

    14The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I myself perceived that the same event happens to them all.

    15So I said in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me. And why was I then more wise?" Then I said in my heart, "This also is vanity."

    16For there is no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever, since what now is will all be forgotten in the days to come. And how does the wise man die? Just like the fool.

    17Therefore I hated life, because the work that was done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

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    16When I thought to understand this, it was too painful for me;

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    16When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to see the work that is done upon the earth (for there are those who neither day nor night see sleep with their eyes),

    17Then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. Even though a man labors to seek it out, he shall not find it; moreover, though a wise man thinks to know it, he shall not be able to find it.

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    4And by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

    5A wise man is strong, yes, a man of knowledge increases strength.

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    15The heart of the prudent acquires knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

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    13Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gains understanding.

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    10When wisdom enters your heart and knowledge is pleasant to your soul;

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    2To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

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    18The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

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    10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

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    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

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    11Wisdom is good with an inheritance, and by it there is profit to those who see the sun.

    12For wisdom is a defense, and money is a defense, but the excellence of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to those who have it.

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    13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

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    8For what has the wise more than the fool? what does the poor have, who knows to walk before the living?

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    13This wisdom I have seen also under the sun, and it seemed great to me:

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    9So I became great and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also, my wisdom remained with me.

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    21Folly is joy to him who is destitute of wisdom, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.

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    12But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

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    2Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

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    6For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

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    6A scorner seeks wisdom and does not find it, but knowledge is easy to him who understands.