Ecclesiastes 7:23 meaning and explanation

All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.

Ecclesiastes 7:23, Berean Standard Bible

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The Teacher, the speaker of Ecclesiastes, has been testing proverbs and observations against real life, trying to work out how the world holds together. Here he admits the limit of that project.

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