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Ecclesiastes 1:17 (ESV)

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17 And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.

This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 17) Is wisdom a source of grief and sorrow or enjoyment? With much wisdom comes much sorrow