Ecclesiastes 7:23-25

The Voice

²³ I have tested all of these sayings against wisdom. I promised myself, “I will become wise,” but wisdom kept its distance. ²⁴ True wisdom remains elusive; its profound mysteries are remote. Who can discover it?

²⁵ So I turned and dedicated my heart to knowing more, to digging deeper, to searching harder for wisdom and the reasons things are as they are. I applied myself to understanding the connection between wickedness and folly, between folly and madness.