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|Eclesiastes 1:11| We don’t remember what happened in the past, and in future generations, no one will remember what we are doing now.
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|Eclesiastes 1:12| I, the Teacher, was king of Israel, and I lived in Jerusalem.
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|Eclesiastes 1:13| I devoted myself to search for understanding and to explore by wisdom everything being done under heaven. I soon discovered that God has dealt a tragic existence to the human race.
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|Eclesiastes 1:14| I observed everything going on under the sun, and really, it is all meaningless—like chasing the wind.
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|Eclesiastes 1:15| What is wrong cannot be made right.
What is missing cannot be recovered.
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|Eclesiastes 1:16| I said to myself, “Look, I am wiser than any of the kings who ruled in Jerusalem before me. I have greater wisdom and knowledge than any of them.”
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|Eclesiastes 1:17| So I set out to learn everything from wisdom to madness and folly. But I learned firsthand that pursuing all this is like chasing the wind.
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|Eclesiastes 1:18| The greater my wisdom, the greater my grief.
To increase knowledge only increases sorrow.
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