 | 1611 - 360 sider
...experience of wisdom andknowledge. And Igave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly : I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit....-.and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. I SAID in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure : and, behold,... | |
 | George Burder - 1835 - 654 sider
...in general, is grateful to the mind : and yet some kinds of knowledge are painful. Solomon says, " In much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow." Eccl. i. 18. There must be a great deal of pains to get it, and a great deal of care to keep it: the... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 sider
...done under heaven : this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man, to be exercised therewith. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Because no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. Though a man labour... | |
 | William Henry Ireland - 1807 - 356 sider
...Avis, Crowds flock to man my Stultifera Navis. SECTION XXXVIII. OF FOOLISH ASTRONOMERS AND STAR GAZERS. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. HERE'S one, that rears bis thoughts on high, And makes a ledger of the sky ; That he may read the planet's... | |
 | William Henry Ireland - 1807 - 330 sider
...Avis, Crowds flock to man my Stultifera Navis. SECTION XXXVIII. OF FOOLISH ASTRONOMERS AND STARGAZERS. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. HERE'S one, that rears his thoughts on high, And makes a ledger of the sky ; That he may read the planet's... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1809 - 532 sider
...follow a profound research, have filled literature with mournful echoes of the words of the royal sage, 'In much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.' The lives of men of genius have been for the most part a conscious and deliberate realisation of the... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 sider
...know wisdom, and to know madness and f.'lly : I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. 18 tay. 19 He brought" thy people, that I may discern between good : increasctli sorrow. CHAP. II. 1 The vanity of human courses in the works qf/ilccuure. 12 Though the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 596 sider
...heart, so that no man can find out the work that Cod inakcth from the beginning to the end." Ver. 11. " For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow." Ch. i. ver. 18. " And further, by these, my son, he admonished : of making many books there is no end... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 582 sider
...heart, so that no man can find out the work that Cod inaketh from the beginning to the end." Ver. 1 1. " For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge, incrcaseth sorrow." Ch. i. ver. 18. " And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of ma.kin; many... | |
 | Edward Reynolds - 1811 - 434 sider
...gifts and graces bestowed upon us, as the apostle does, 1 Cor. xiv. 18; xv. 10 ; 2 Cor. xi. 5, 6. 18. For in much wisdom is much grief ; and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. " In much wisdom," or in the abundance of wisdom, as Ps. Ixxii. 7 ; li. 1 ; Prov. xx: 15 ; HON. viii.... | |
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And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. 
