I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.
The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.
Get up and consecrate the people, saying, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for this is what the LORD, the God of Isr
“Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation.
And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a miserable task God has laid upon t
When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because S
Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already
In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remain
Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness th
So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.
“No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not violate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgrac
As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.
So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to my
Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil de
It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. M
Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the wa