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Ecclesiastes 1:20 KJV

"And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit."
Ecclesiastes Chapter 1, Verse 20

Ecclesiastes 1:20 in Context (Verses 17–18 KJV)

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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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For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.