Verse 23

All these thinges haue I proued in wysdome, for I thought to be wyse, but she went farther from me then she was before:

Referenced Verses

• Rom 1:22 : 22 When they counted them selues wyse, they became fooles:
• 1 Cor 1:20 : 20 Where is the wise? where is ye scribe? where is the disputer of this worlde? Hath not God made the wisedome of this worlde foolyshenesse?
• Gen 3:5 : 5 For God doth knowe, that the same day that ye eate therof, your eyes shall be opened, and ye shalbe eue as gods, knowyng good and euyll.
• 1 Kgs 3:11-12 : 11 And God sayde vnto him: Thou hast not asked for thy selfe long lyfe, neither hast asked riches for thy selfe, nor hast asked the lyfe of thy enemies, but hast asked for thy selfe vnderstanding & discretion in iudgement: 12 Behold, I haue done according to thy wordes, lo I haue geuen thee a wyse & an vnderstanding heart, so that there was none lyke thee before thee, neither after thee shal any aryse lyke vnto thee.
• 1 Kgs 11:1-8 : 1 But king Solomo loued many outlandishe women, & the daughter of Pharao, and women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonites, & Hethites: 2 Wher as yet concerning these nations, the Lorde sayd vnto the children of Israel: Go not ye into them, nor let them come into, els will they turne your heartes after their gods: Neuerthelesse, Solomon claue vnto them in loue. 3 And he had seuen hundred queenes, and three hundred concubines: and his wyues turned away his heart. 4 For it came to passe when Solomon was olde, his wyues turned his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of Dauid his father. 5 For Solomon folowed Astaroth the god of the Zidons, and Milcom the abhomination of the Ammonites. 6 And Solomon wrought wickednesse in the sight of the Lorde, and folowed not the Lorde perfectly, as dyd Dauid his father. 7 For then dyd Solomon buylde an hye place for Chamos the abhomination of Moabim the hill that is before Hierusalem, & vnto Moloch the abhomination of the children of Ammon. 8 And lykewyse dyd he for all his outlandishe wyues, which burnt cense and offered vnto their gods.