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Ecclesiastes 1:18 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow. "
Ecclesiastes 1:18
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16 I said to myself, “Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”
17 I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.
18 For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
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