Ecclesiastes 7:28

²⁸But the wisdom I''ve looked for I haven''t found. I didn''t find one man or woman in a thousand worth my while.

Ecclesiastes 7 marks a pivot from the Teacher's earlier despair toward practical wisdom for living under the sun. The chapter opens with a series of proverbs contrasting the value of sorrow with frivolity, then moves into reflections on the crookedness of life, the limits of human w