“All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.”
Ecclesiastes 7:23 (KJV) |
Ecclesiastes 7:23
From Ecclesiastes 7, in the Book of Ecclesiastes (Old Testament).
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Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
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For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
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All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
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That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
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I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness: