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Ecclesiastes 1:17-18
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17 And I (A)gave my heart to know wisdom and to (B)know madness and simpleminded folly; I came to know that this also is (C)striving after wind. 18 Because (D)in much wisdom there is much vexation, and whoever increases knowledge increases pain.

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Ecclesiastes 1:17-18
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17 Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom,(A) and also of madness and folly,(B) but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.

18 For with much wisdom comes much sorrow;(C)
    the more knowledge, the more grief.(D)

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