18For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
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And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. …
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. …
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-18)Solomon, having asserted in general that all is vanity , and having given some general proofs of it, now takes the most effectual method to evince the truth of it, 1. By his own experience; he tried them all, and found them vanity. 2. By an induction of particulars; and here he begins with that which bids fairest of all to be the happiness of a reasonable creature, and that is knowledge and learni…
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