And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Beulah: A Novel - Page 300by Augusta Jane Evans - 1859 - 510 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles James Hall - Science - 2007 - 380 pages
...heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow, , . . Ecclesiastes 1:16 - 18 The return of the sea gulls and the warming desert air heralded the spring... | |
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...held accountable for all who have died for Christ. The words of a wise old king Ecclesiastes 1:15, For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. On this day, I find it is my own sorrow that has been increased, for it is greatly multiplied. America... | |
| Erin Gruwell - Education - 2007 - 808 pages
...Knowledge is learning something every day. Wisdom is letting go of something every day. — ANONYMOUS In much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. — ECCLESIASTES 1:18 Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.... | |
| Kersey Graves - Religion - 2007 - 389 pages
...Sam. xv. 3). 50. Is wisdom desirable? Yes: "Happy is the man that fmdeth wisdom (Prov. iii. 13). No: "Much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow" (Eccles. i. 18). Yes: "Get wisdom with all thy getting" (Prov. iv. 7). Yes: "Be wise as serpents" (Matt.... | |
| T. Joyner Drolsum - 2007 - 365 pages
...The last says, "Away with your reason, my religion dreads nothing but being understood.""8 Ec. 1:18: "For in much wisdom is much grief and he that increaseth knowledge increases sorrow." Ec. 7:25: "I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom and... | |
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