Ecclesiastes 7:25 meaning and explanation

I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.

Ecclesiastes 7:25, Berean Standard Bible

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The Teacher, the voice of this book, is reporting his own investigation. Having set out to be wise, he found wisdom beyond his reach (verses 23 and 24), so here he describes the deliberate, almost laborious effort he made: he directed his mind to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and also to understand wickedness and folly from the inside.

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