Ecclesiastes 1:18

New Living Translation

The greater my wisdom, the greater my grief. To increase knowledge only increases sorrow.

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And this is what he says to all humanity: ‘The fear of the Lord is true wisdom; to forsake evil is real understanding.’”

Both will die. So I said to myself, “Since I will end up the same as the fool, what’s the value of all my wisdom? This is all so meaningless!”

Their days of labor are filled with pain and grief; even at night their minds cannot rest. It is all meaningless.

So don’t be too good or too wise! Why destroy yourself?