Verse 23

All this{H2090} have I proved{H5254} in wisdom:{H2451} I said,{H559} I will be wise;{H2449} but it was far{H7350} from me.

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 1:22 : 22 Professing themselves{G5335} to be{G1511} wise,{G4680} they became fools,{G3471}
  • 1 Cor 1:20 : 20 Where{G4226} is the wise?{G4680} where{G4226} is the scribe?{G1122} where{G4226} is the disputer{G4804} of this{G5127} world?{G165} hath not{G3780} God{G2316} made foolish{G3471} the wisdom{G4678} of the{G5127} world?{G2889}
  • Gen 3:5 : 5 for God{H430} doth know{H3045} that in the day{H3117} ye eat{H398} thereof, then your eyes{H5869} shall be opened,{H6491} and ye shall be as God,{H430} knowing{H3045} good{H2896} and evil.{H7451}
  • 1 Kgs 3:11-12 : 11 And God{H430} said{H559} unto him, Because thou hast asked{H7592} this thing,{H1697} and hast not asked{H7592} for thyself long{H7227} life,{H3117} neither hast asked{H7592} riches{H6239} for thyself, nor hast asked{H7592} the life{H5315} of thine enemies,{H341} but hast asked{H7592} for thyself understanding{H995} to discern{H8085} justice;{H4941} 12 behold, I have done{H6213} according to thy word:{H1697} lo, I have given{H5414} thee a wise{H2450} and an understanding{H995} heart;{H3820} so that there hath been none like thee before{H6440} thee, neither after{H310} thee shall any arise{H6965} like unto thee.
  • 1 Kgs 11:1-8 : 1 Now king{H4428} Solomon{H8010} loved{H157} many{H7227} foreign{H5237} women,{H802} together with the daughter{H1323} of Pharaoh,{H6547} women of the Moabites,{H4125} Ammonites,{H5984} Edomites,{H130} Sidonians,{H6722} and Hittites;{H2850} 2 of the nations{H1471} concerning which Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} Ye shall not go among{H935} them, neither shall they come among{H935} you; for surely{H403} they will turn away{H5186} your heart{H3824} after{H310} their gods:{H430} Solomon{H8010} clave{H1692} unto these in love.{H157} 3 And he had seven{H7651} hundred{H3967} wives,{H802} princesses,{H8282} and three{H7969} hundred{H3967} concubines;{H6370} and his wives{H802} turned away{H5186} his heart.{H3820} 4 For it came to pass, when{H6256} Solomon{H8010} was old,{H2209} that his wives{H802} turned away{H5186} his heart{H3824} after{H310} other{H312} gods;{H430} and his heart{H3824} was not perfect{H8003} with Jehovah{H3068} his God,{H430} as was the heart{H3824} of David{H1732} his father.{H1} 5 For Solomon{H8010} went{H3212} after{H310} Ashtoreth{H6253} the goddess{H430} of the Sidonians,{H6722} and after{H310} Milcom{H4445} the abomination{H8251} of the Ammonites.{H5984} 6 And Solomon{H8010} did{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} and went not fully{H4390} after{H310} Jehovah,{H3068} as did David{H1732} his father.{H1} 7 Then did Solomon{H8010} build{H1129} a high place{H1116} for Chemosh{H3645} the abomination{H8251} of Moab,{H4124} in the mount{H2022} that is before{H6440} Jerusalem,{H3389} and for Molech{H4432} the abomination{H8251} of the children{H1121} of Ammon.{H5983} 8 And so did{H6213} he for all his foreign{H5237} wives,{H802} who burnt incense{H6999} and sacrificed{H2076} unto their gods.{H430}