...that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness...spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increases sorrow. I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove you with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure:...

...that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness...spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow, , . . Ecclesiastes 1:16 - 18 The return of the sea gulls and...

...ignorance is answered by the assertion that a greater wisdom existed. In the words of Koheleth: "I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly — I perceived that this also was a striving after wind. For in much wisdom is much vexation; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth...

...Jerusalem before me; and my mind has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. And I applied my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a chasing after wind" (1:16-17). Stand outside and feel the wind. Is it a gentle breeze? Is it...

...wise monarch of the Old Testament that there is also a connection between fwisdom, folly, and madness: 'I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly' (Ecclesiastes 1:17). In the wisdom literature of the Bible the binary pair, folly and wisdom, frequently...