 | 1611 - 360 pages
...been before me in Jerusalem : yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom andknowledge. And Igave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly...-.and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. I SAID in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure : and, behold,... | |
 | George Burder - 1835 - 654 pages
...in general, is grateful to the mind : and yet some kinds of knowledge are painful. Solomon says, " In much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow." Eccl. i. 18. There must be a great deal of pains to get it, and a great deal of care to keep it: the... | |
 | David Simpson - 1803 - 446 pages
...been before me in Jerusalem : yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. And I pave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly...I perceived, that this also is vexation of spirit. Not finding rest for his soul in the pursuits of knowledge and learning, the wise man deserts them,... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...done under heaven : this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man, to be exercised therewith. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Because no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. Though a man labour... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 pages
...which God hath fiiucecl me, gave me greater advantages for searching into wisdom than 17 others. And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly ; / a/ifilied my mind closely to search into tht •nature and reason of things, the causes and effects... | |
 | Rev. Woodward - 1806 - 250 pages
...go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure ;" therefore chap. i. ver. 2?. " I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly," what there was in learning, holiness, pleasure, peace, plenty, magnificent entertainments, foreign... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...Iwvo beeu before me in Jerusalem ; yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. 17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness...I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. 18 For in much wisdom zs much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increascth sorrow. CHAP. II.... | |
 | William Henry Ireland - 1807 - 330 pages
...Avis, Crowds flock to man my Stultifera Navis. SECTION XXXVIII. OF FOOLISH ASTRONOMERS AND STARGAZERS. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. HERE'S one, that rears his thoughts on high, And makes a ledger of the sky ; That he may read the planet's... | |
 | William Henry Ireland - 1807 - 356 pages
...Avis, Crowds flock to man my Stultifera Navis. SECTION XXXVIII. OF FOOLISH ASTRONOMERS AND STAR GAZERS. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. HERE'S one, that rears bis thoughts on high, And makes a ledger of the sky ; That he may read the planet's... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. In I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. | addicted myself moreover to the disquisition and study of morality; and, therein, I did not only... | |
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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. 
