Scriptures

New King James Version (NKJV)

Ecclesiastes 1
⁸ All things are full of labor; Man cannot express it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor the ear filled with hearing.
⁹ That which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be done, And there is nothing new under the sun.
¹⁰ Is there anything of which it may be said, "See, this is new"? It has already been in ancient times before us.
¹¹ There is no remembrance of former things, Nor will there be any remembrance of things that are to come By those who will come after.
¹² I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
¹³ And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven; this burdensome task God has given to the sons of man, by which they may be exercised.
¹⁴ I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and grasping for the wind.
¹⁵ What is crooked cannot be made straight, And what is lacking cannot be numbered.
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."
¹⁷ And I set my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is grasping for the wind.
¹⁸ For in much wisdom is much grief, And he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.