Ecclesiastes 7:25 ASV

²³  All this have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

²⁴  That which is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out?

²⁵  I turned about, and my heart `was set' to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason `of things', and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.

²⁶  And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, `and' whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

²⁷  Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, `laying' one thing to another, to find out the account;