Ecclesiastes 7:23-29 - Absolute Wisdom Is Unattainable
23 I used my wisdom to test all of this. I said, "I want to be wise," but it was beyond me. 24 Whatever it is, it's far off and most profound. Who can attain it? 25 I committed myself to understand, to learn, to search for wisdom and explanations, and to understand both the evil that is foolishness and the stupidity that is delusion. 26 I discovered for myself a bitterness that surpasses that of death: the woman whose heart is full of snares and nets, whose hands are chains of bondage. Whoever pleases God will escape from her, but the transgressor will be trapped by her. 27 "Look at this," says the Teacher. "Linking one thing to another, I reached this conclusion: 28 Among the things I seek but have not found: one man among a thousand I did find, but I have not found one woman to be wise among all these. 29 I have discovered only this: God made human beings for righteousness, but they seek many alternatives."