Ecclesiastes 1:9-18
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9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
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10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
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11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
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12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
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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.
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14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
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16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
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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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18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.