Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
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Interpretation
Solomon found that knowledge and prudence were preferable to ignorance and folly, though human wisdom and knowledge will not make a man happy. The most learned of men, who dies a stranger to Christ Jesus, will perish equally with the most ignorant; and what good can commendations on earth do to the body in the grave, or the soul in hell?
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This thought runs through Ecclesiastes 2:12-16.