Ecclesiastes 2:12-16
Wisdom Excels Folly
12So I turned to asee wisdom, madness, and simpleminded folly. What will the man do who will come after the king except bwhat has already been done? 13And I saw that there is an advantage in awisdom over simpleminded folly as light has an advantage over darkness. 14The wise man’s eyes are in his head, but the afool walks in darkness. And yet I know that the bfate of one becomes the fate of all of them. 15Then I said in my heart, “aAs is the fate of the fool, so will my fate be also. bWhy then have I been extremely wise?” So I said in my heart, “This too is vanity.” 16For there is ano remembrance of the wise man along with the fool forever, inasmuch as in the coming days all will be forgotten. And bhow the wise man dies with the fool!