Ecclesiastes 2:15

New King James Version

So I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, It also happens to me, And why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart, “This also is vanity.”

Cross References

1 Kings 3:12

behold, I have done according to your words; see, I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has not been anyone like you before you, nor shall any like you arise after you.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and grasping for the wind.

Ecclesiastes 1:16

I communed with my heart, saying, “Look, I have attained greatness, and have gained more wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My heart has understood great wisdom and knowledge.”

Ecclesiastes 1:18

For in much wisdom is much grief, And he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”

Ecclesiastes 2:16

For there is no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever, Since all that now is will be forgotten in the days to come. And how does a wise man die? As the fool!

Ecclesiastes 6:11

Since there are many things that increase vanity, How is man the better?

Ecclesiastes 6:8

For what more has the wise man than the fool? What does the poor man have, Who knows how to walk before the living?