I saw: Ecclesiastes 7:11-12, Ecclesiastes 9:16; Proverbs 4:5-7, Proverbs 16:16; Malachi 3:18, Malachi 4:1-2
that wisdom excelleth folly: Heb. that there is an excellency in wisdom more than in folly, etc
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Ecclesiastes 2:13
Ecclesiastes 2:13
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the increase of it did but increase his sorrow, in this chapter he goes…Ecclesiastes 2 — OverviewEcclesiastes 2 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeEcclesiastes 2:1, The vanity of human courses in the works of pleasure; Ecclesiastes 2:12, Though the wise be better than the fool, yet both have one event; Ecclesiastes 2:18, The vanity of human labour, in leaving it…Ecclesiastes 2 — OverviewEcclesiastes 2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleSolomon, having made trial of natural wisdom and knowledge in its utmost extent, and found it to be vanity, proceeds to the experiment of pleasure, and tries whether any happiness was in that, Ec 2:1. As for that which…Ecclesiastes 2:1-26Ecclesiastes 2:1-26 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONEcclesiastes 2:12-16Ecclesiastes 2:12-16 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleSolomon having tried what satisfaction was to be had in learning first,
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