The Vanity of Wisdom

12 I (A)the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

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27 Behold, this is what I found, says (A)the Preacher, while adding one thing to another to find the scheme of things—

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(A)Vanity[a] of vanities, says (B)the Preacher; all is vanity.

Fear God and Keep His Commandments

Besides being wise, (C)the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging (D)many proverbs with great care. 10 (E)The Preacher sought to find words of delight, and uprightly he wrote words of truth.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 12:8 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (three times in this verse); see note on 1:2

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