King James Version (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 7:23
“All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it [was] far from me.”
Verse in context — Ecclesiastes 7
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Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
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For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
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All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it [was] far from me.
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That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
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I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason [of things], and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness [and] madness:
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