Ecc 1:17, 7:25, 8:16, 12:9-10 | ESV | STEP | 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 .

a ver. 13; [ch. 2:3, 12; 7:23, 25]

b ch. 9:3

c[See ver. 14 above]

dSee ch. 1:17

e ch. 1:13; 3:10

f[Ps. 127:2]

g[See ver. 8 above]

hSee Prov. 1:1

i[See ver. 8 above]

Ecclesiastes 1:17

17 And I ^aapplied my heart to know wisdom and to know ^bmadness and folly. I perceived that this also is but ^ca striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

25 ^dI turned my heart to know and to search out and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know the wickedness of folly and the foolishness that is madness.

Ecclesiastes 8:16

16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see ^ethe business that is done on earth, how neither ^fday nor night do one’s eyes see sleep,

Ecclesiastes 12:9-10

Fear God and Keep His Commandments

9 Besides being wise, ^gthe Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging ^hmany proverbs with great care. 10 ⁱThe Preacher sought to find words of delight, and uprightly he wrote words of truth.