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I thought of beguiling my senses with wine, though my mind was concerned with wisdom, and of taking up folly, until I should understand what is best for men to do under the heavens during the limited days of their life. (Ecclesiastes 2, 3)
I became great, and I stored up more than all others before me in Jerusalem; my wisdom, too, stayed with me. (Ecclesiastes 2, 9)
For what will the man do who is to come after the king? What men have already done! I went on to the consideration of wisdom, madness and folly. (Ecclesiastes 2, 12)
And I saw that wisdom has the advantage over folly as much as light has the advantage over darkness. (Ecclesiastes 2, 13)
For here is a man who has labored with wisdom and knowledge and skill, and to another, who has not labored over it, he must leave his property. This also is vanity and a great misfortune. (Ecclesiastes 2, 21)
For to whatever man he sees fit he gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering possessions to be given to whatever man God sees fit. This also is vanity and a chase after wind. (Ecclesiastes 2, 26)
Do not say: How is it that former times were better than these? For it is not in wisdom that you ask about this. (Ecclesiastes 7, 10)
Wisdom and an inheritance are good, and an advantage to those that see the sun. (Ecclesiastes 7, 11)
For the protection of wisdom is as the protection of money; and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner. (Ecclesiastes 7, 12)
Wisdom is a better defense for the wise man than would be ten princes in the city, (Ecclesiastes 7, 19)
All these things I probed in wisdom. I said, "I will acquire wisdom"; but it was beyond me. (Ecclesiastes 7, 23)
I turned my thoughts toward knowledge; I sought and pursued wisdom and reason, and I recognized that wickedness is foolish and folly is madness. (Ecclesiastes 7, 25)