Ecclesiastes 1:17
"And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit."
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- Ecclesiastes 2:3
"I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life."
Read in chapter → - 1 Thessalonians 5:21
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 2:10
"And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 1:13
"And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 7:23
"All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me."
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