Ecclesiastes 1:12-18
I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.
I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
What is crooked cannot be made straight,and what is lacking cannot be counted.
I said in my heart, “I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”
And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.
For in much wisdom is much vexation,and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
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I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.
And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.
I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.What is crooked cannot be made straight,and what is lacking cannot be counted.
I said in my heart, “I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”
And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.
For in much wisdom is much vexation,and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
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Wisdom evolves from private conscience in union with God's value system, the universe. Knowledge is human intellect enslaved by world ideologies, the university. @larrygrowe
ReplyDeleteThe last sentence sums up the U.S. today. Good morals have been replaced with knowledge!
ReplyDeleteSolomon was lamenting his wasted life. He had great potential, the land was at peace, the Temple was built. He could have spent his days enjoying God. Instead he had 300 wives and 700 concubines. He turned away from God and pursued the gods his women brought with them. He saw the emptiness of living without God and had the wisdom to write about it.
ReplyDeleteWe need to heed his warning.