Verse 25
I turned{H5437} about, and my heart{H3820} [was set] to know{H3045} and to search{H8446} out,{H1245} and to seek wisdom{H2451} and the reason{H2808} [of things], and to know{H3045} that wickedness{H7562} is folly,{H3689} and that foolishness{H5531} is madness.{H1947}
Referenced Verses
- Eccl 10:13 : 13 The beginning{H8462} of the words{H1697} of his mouth{H6310} is foolishness;{H5531} and the end{H319} of his talk{H6310} is mischievous{H7451} madness.{H1948}
- Jer 12:1-2 : 1 Righteous{H6662} art thou, O Jehovah,{H3068} when I contend{H7378} with thee; yet would I reason{H1696} the cause{H4941} with thee: wherefore doth the way{H1870} of the wicked{H7563} prosper?{H6743} wherefore are all they at ease{H7951} that deal very{H899} treacherously?{H898} 2 Thou hast planted{H5193} them, yea, they have taken root;{H8327} they grow,{H3212} yea, they bring forth{H6213} fruit:{H6529} thou art near{H7138} in their mouth,{H6310} and far from{H7350} their heart.{H3629}
- 2 Pet 2:3-9 : 3 And{G2532} in{G1722} covetousness{G4124} shall they{G1710} with feigned{G4112} words{G3056} make merchandise{G1710} of you:{G5209} whose{G3739} sentence{G2917} now{G691} from of old{G1597} lingereth{G691} not,{G3756} and{G2532} their{G846} destruction{G684} slumbereth{G3573} not.{G3756} 4 For{G1063} if{G1487} God{G2316} spared{G5339} not{G3756} angels{G32} when they sinned,{G264} but{G235} cast{G5020} them down to hell,{G5020} and committed{G3860} them to pits{G4577} of darkness,{G2217} to be reserved{G5083} unto{G1519} judgment;{G2920} 5 and{G2532} spared{G5339} not{G3756} the{G2889} ancient{G744} world,{G2889} but{G235} preserved{G5442} Noah{G3575} with seven others,{G3590} a preacher{G2783} of righteousness,{G1343} when he brought{G1863} a flood{G2627} upon the world{G2889} of the ungodly;{G765} 6 and{G2532} turning{G5077} the cities{G4172} of Sodom{G4670} and{G2532} Gomorrah{G1116} into ashes{G5077} condemned{G2632} them with an overthrow,{G2692} having made{G5087} them an example{G5262} unto those that should{G3195} live ungodly;{G764} 7 and{G2532} delivered{G4506} righteous{G1342} Lot,{G3091} sore distressed{G2669} by{G5259} the lascivious{G766} life{G391} of the wicked{G113} 8 (for{G1063} that righteous man{G1342} dwelling{G1460} among{G1722} them,{G846} in seeing{G990} and{G2532} hearing,{G189} vexed{G928} [his] righteous{G1342} soul{G5590} from{G1537} day{G2250} to{G1537} day{G2250} with{G2041} [their] lawless{G459} deeds):{G2041} 9 the Lord{G2962} knoweth how{G1492} to deliver{G4506} the godly{G2152} out of{G1537} temptation,{G3986} and{G1161} to keep{G5083} the unrighteous{G94} under punishment{G2849} unto{G1519} the day{G2250} of judgment;{G2920}
- 2 Pet 3:3-9 : 3 knowing{G1097} this{G5124} first,{G4412} that{G3754} in{G1909} the last{G2078} days{G2250} mockers{G1703} shall come{G2064} with mockery, walking{G4198} after{G2596} their{G846} own{G2398} lusts,{G1939} 4 and{G2532} saying,{G3004} Where{G4226} is{G2076} the promise{G1860} of{G3952} his{G846} coming?{G3952} for,{G1063} from{G575} the day that{G3739} the fathers{G3962} fell asleep,{G2837} all things{G3956} continue{G1265} as{G3779} they were from{G575} the beginning{G746} of the creation.{G2937} 5 For{G1063} this{G5124} they{G846} willfully{G2309} forget,{G2990} that{G3754} there were{G2258} heavens{G3772} from of{G2990} old,{G1597} and{G2532} an earth{G1093} compacted{G4921} out of{G1537} water{G5204} and{G2532} amidst water,{G5204} by the word{G3056} of God;{G2316} 6 by{G1223} which{G3739} means the world{G2889} that then was,{G5119} being overflowed{G2626} with water,{G5204} perished:{G622} 7 but{G1161} the heavens{G3772} that now{G3568} are, and{G2532} the earth,{G846} by{G3056} the same{G846} word{G3056} have been{G1526} stored{G2343} up for fire,{G4442} being reserved{G5083} against{G1519} the day{G2250} of judgment{G2920} and{G2532} destruction{G684} of{G444} ungodly{G765} men.{G444} 8 But{G1161} {G0} forget{G2990} {G5209} not{G3361} this one{G1520} thing,{G5124} beloved,{G27} that{G3754} one{G3391} day{G2250} is with{G3844} the Lord{G2962} as{G5613} a thousand{G5507} years,{G2094} and{G2532} a thousand{G5507} years{G2094} as{G5613} one{G3391} day.{G2250} 9 The Lord{G2962} is{G1019} not{G3756} slack{G1019} concerning his promise,{G1860} as{G5613} some{G5100} count{G2233} slackness;{G1022} but{G235} is longsuffering{G3114} to{G1519} you-ward,{G2248} not{G3361} wishing that{G1014} any{G5100} should perish,{G622} but that{G235} all{G3956} should come{G5562} to{G1519} repentance.{G3341}
- Gen 34:7 : 7 And the sons{H1121} of Jacob{H3290} came{H935} in from the field{H7704} when they heard{H8085} it: and the men{H582} were grieved,{H6087} and they were very{H3966} wroth,{H2734} because he had wrought{H6213} folly{H5039} in Israel{H3478} in lying{H7901} with Jacob's{H3290} daughter;{H1323} which thing ought not to be done.{H6213}
- Josh 7:13 : 13 Up,{H6965} sanctify{H6942} the people,{H5971} and say,{H559} Sanctify{H6942} yourselves against to-morrow:{H4279} for thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} There is a devoted thing{H2764} in the midst{H7130} of thee, O Israel;{H3478} thou canst{H3201} not stand{H6965} before{H6440} thine enemies,{H341} until ye take away{H5493} the devoted thing{H2764} from among{H7130} you.
- 2 Sam 13:12 : 12 And she answered{H559} him, Nay, my brother,{H251} do not force{H6031} me; for no such thing ought{H3651} to be done{H6213} in Israel:{H3478} do{H6213} not thou this folly.{H5039}
- Prov 17:12 : 12 Let a bear{H1677} robbed{H7909} of her whelps meet{H6298} a man,{H376} Rather than{H408} a fool{H3684} in his folly.{H200}
- Prov 26:11 : 11 As a dog{H3611} that returneth{H7725} to his vomit,{H6892} [So is] a fool{H3684} that repeateth{H8138} his folly.{H200}
- Eccl 1:13-17 : 13 And I applied{H5414} my heart{H3820} to seek{H1875} and to search out{H8446} by wisdom{H2451} concerning all that is done{H6213} under heaven:{H8064} it is a sore{H7451} travail{H6045} that God{H430} hath given{H5414} to the sons{H1121} of men{H120} to be exercised{H6031} therewith. 14 I have seen{H7200} all the works{H4639} that are done{H6213} under the sun;{H8121} and, behold, all is vanity{H1892} and a striving{H7469} after wind.{H7307} 15 That which is crooked{H5791} cannot{H3201} be made straight;{H8626} and that which is wanting{H2642} cannot{H3201} be numbered.{H4487} 16 I communed{H1696} with mine own heart,{H3820} saying,{H559} Lo, I have gotten{H3254} me great{H1431} wisdom{H2451} above all that were before{H6440} me in Jerusalem;{H3389} yea, my heart{H3820} hath had great{H7235} experience{H7200} of wisdom{H2451} and knowledge.{H1847} 17 And I applied{H5414} my heart{H3820} to know{H3045} wisdom,{H2451} and to know{H3045} madness{H1947} and folly:{H5531} I perceived{H3045} that this{H1571} also was a striving{H7475} after wind.{H7307}
- Eccl 2:1-3 : 1 I said{H559} in my heart,{H3820} Come now,{H3212} I will prove{H5254} thee with mirth;{H8057} therefore enjoy{H7200} pleasure:{H2896} and, behold, this also was vanity.{H1892} 2 I said{H559} of laughter,{H7814} It is mad;{H1984} and of mirth,{H8057} What{H2090} doeth{H6213} it? 3 I searched{H8446} in my heart{H3820} how to cheer{H4900} my{H1320} flesh with wine,{H3196} my heart{H3820} yet guiding{H5090} [me] with wisdom,{H2451} and how to lay hold{H270} on folly,{H5531} till I might see{H7200} what it was good{H2896} for the sons{H1121} of men{H120} that they should do{H6213} under heaven{H8064} all{H4557} the days{H3117} of their life.{H2416}
- Eccl 2:12 : 12 And I turned{H6437} myself to behold{H7200} wisdom,{H2451} and madness,{H1947} and folly:{H5531} for what [can] the man{H120} [do] that cometh{H935} after{H310} the king?{H4428} [even] that which hath been done{H6213} long ago.{H3528}
- Eccl 2:15 : 15 Then{H227} said{H559} I in my heart,{H3820} As it happeneth{H4745} to the fool,{H3684} so will it happen{H7136} even to me;{H1571} and why was I then more{H3148} wise?{H2449} Then said{H1696} I in my heart,{H3820} that this also is vanity.{H1892}
- Eccl 2:20 : 20 Therefore I turned about{H5437} to cause{H2976} my heart{H3820} to despair{H2976} concerning all the labor{H5999} wherein I had labored{H5999} under the sun.{H8121}
- Eccl 3:16-17 : 16 And moreover I saw{H7200} under the sun,{H8121} in the place{H4725} of justice,{H4941} that wickedness{H7562} was there; and in the place{H4725} of righteousness,{H6664} that wickedness{H7562} was there. 17 I said{H559} in my heart,{H3820} God{H430} will judge{H8199} the righteous{H6662} and the wicked;{H7563} for there is a time{H6256} there for every purpose{H2656} and for every work.{H4639}
- Eccl 7:27 : 27 Behold,{H7200} this have I found,{H4672} saith{H559} the Preacher,{H6953} laying one{H259} thing to another,{H259} to find out{H4672} the account;{H2808}
- Eccl 9:1-3 : 1 For all this I laid{H5414} to my heart,{H3820} even to explore{H952} all this: that the righteous,{H6662} and the wise,{H2450} and their works,{H5652} are in the hand{H3027} of God;{H430} whether it be love{H160} or{H1571} hatred,{H8135} man{H120} knoweth{H3045} it not; all is before{H6440} them. 2 All things come alike to all: there is one{H259} event{H4745} to the righteous{H6662} and to the wicked;{H7563} to the good{H2896} and to the clean{H2889} and to the unclean;{H2931} to him that sacrificeth{H2076} and to him that{H834} sacrificeth{H2076} not; as is the good,{H2896} so is the sinner;{H2398} [and] he that sweareth,{H7650} as he that feareth{H3373} an oath.{H7621} 3 This is an evil{H7451} in all that is done{H6213} under the sun,{H8121} that there is one{H259} event{H4745} unto all: yea also, the heart{H3820} of the sons{H1121} of men{H120} is full{H4390} of evil,{H7451} and madness{H1947} is in their heart{H3824} while they live,{H2416} and after{H310} that [they go] to the dead.{H4191}