Read Ecclesiastes 1 and then answer the following questions:
Section 3: Ecclesiastes 1:12-18
1. Look up 1 Kings 4:29-34. Does it add to your understanding of 1:12-18? How?
2. The “tragic existence” dealt to the human race can be found in Genesis 3:19. If you have time, read all of Genesis 3. How did this “tragic existence” come about?
3. What does it mean to “learn something the hard way?” With verse 17 in mind, do you think that the author of Ecclesiastes learned things the hard way? What can we learn from him?
4. What do you think he means in verse 18 when he says, “The greater the wisdom, the greater my grief. To increase knowledge only increases sorrow.”? Can you think of a time where you were saddened by “knowing too much?
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