Ecclesiastes 1:13-17

13I applied my mind to examine and explore through wisdom all that is done under heaven. God has given people this miserable task to keep them occupied.

14I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.

15What is crooked cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted.

16I said to myself, “See, I have amassed wisdom far beyond all those who were over Jerusalem before me, and my mind has thoroughly grasped wisdom and knowledge.”

17I applied my mind to know wisdom and knowledge, madness and folly; I learned that this too is a pursuit of the wind.