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a fool at times. So we don't even know that



             we're  going  to  leave  any  wealth  to



             somebody  who  deserves  it  or  even  can



             handle it.





                    We find this wisdom again in chapter 7.



             Then  in  1  Corinthians  8:1,  we  know  that



             “Knowledge puffeth up.”  It causes us to be



             prideful  if  there's  no  charity,  no  love  and



             those kinds of things.  Second Timothy 3:7



             speaks of those who are “Ever learning, and



             never able to come to the knowledge of the



             truth.”   So  what  I'm  getting  at  is  that



             Solomon  pursued  wisdom  and  he  began


             pursuing it apart from God at a time in his




             life,  and  he  regretted  that.  Philosophy


             defined, that is, wisdom without God is —






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