Ecclesiastes 7:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Look! this I have seen, said the Preacher, taking one thing after another to get the true account,

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 1:1-2 : 1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.
  • Eccl 12:8-9 : 8 All things are to no purpose, says the Preacher, all is to no purpose. 9 And because the Preacher was wise he still gave the people knowledge; searching out, testing, and putting in order a great number of wise sayings. 10 The Preacher made search for words which were pleasing, but his writing was in words upright and true.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 7:28-29
    2 verses
    88%

    28For which my soul is still searching, but I have it not; one man among a thousand have I seen; but a woman among all these I have not seen.

    29This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.

  • Eccl 7:23-26
    4 verses
    81%

    23All this I have put to the test by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.

    24Far off is true existence, and very deep; who may have knowledge of it?

    25I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.

    26And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.

  • Eccl 1:12-17
    6 verses
    75%

    12I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

    13And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.

    14I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind.

    15That which is bent may not be made straight, and that which is not there may not be numbered.

    16I said to my heart, See, I have become great and am increased in wisdom more than any who were before me in Jerusalem--yes, my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge.

    17And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.

  • Eccl 8:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16When I gave my mind to the knowledge of wisdom and to seeing the business which is done on the earth (and there are those whose eyes see not sleep by day or by night),

    17Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, still he will be without knowledge.

  • Prov 7:6-8
    3 verses
    72%

    6Looking out from my house, and watching through the window,

    7I saw among the young men one without sense,

    8Walking in the street near the turn of her road, going on the way to her house,

  • Eccl 12:8-10
    3 verses
    71%

    8All things are to no purpose, says the Preacher, all is to no purpose.

    9And because the Preacher was wise he still gave the people knowledge; searching out, testing, and putting in order a great number of wise sayings.

    10The Preacher made search for words which were pleasing, but his writing was in words upright and true.

  • Eccl 2:10-12
    3 verses
    71%

    10And nothing which was desired by my eyes did I keep from them; I did not keep any joy from my heart, because my heart took pleasure in all my work, and this was my reward.

    11Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

    12And I went again in search of wisdom and of foolish ways. What may the man do who comes after the king? The thing which he has done before.

  • Eccl 7:13-15
    3 verses
    71%

    13Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?

    14In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.

    15These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.

  • Job 17:10
    71%

    10But come back, now, all of you, come; and I will not see a wise man among you.

  • Eccl 4:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun.

    8It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.

  • Prov 8:35
    70%

    35For whoever gets me gets life, and grace from the Lord will come to him.

  • Eccl 1:1-3
    3 verses
    70%

    1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

    2All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.

    3What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?

  • Eccl 6:1
    70%

    1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is hard on men;

  • Prov 7:15
    70%

    15So I came out in the hope of meeting you, looking for you with care, and now I have you.

  • Eccl 9:13
    70%

    13This again I have seen under the sun as wisdom and it seemed great to me.

  • Job 5:27
    70%

    27See, we have made search with care, and it is so; it has come to our ears; see that you take note of it for yourself.

  • Prov 7:10
    69%

    10And the woman came out to him, in the dress of a loose woman, with a designing heart;

  • Eccl 9:1
    69%

    1All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.

  • Eccl 2:17
    69%

    17So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind.

  • Eccl 6:11
    69%

    11There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?

  • Eccl 2:20
    69%

    20So my mind was turned to grief for all the trouble I had taken and all my wisdom under the sun.

  • Prov 31:10
    69%

    10Who may make discovery of a woman of virtue? For her price is much higher than jewels.

  • Prov 18:22
    69%

    22Whoever gets a wife gets a good thing, and has the approval of the Lord.

  • Eccl 8:9
    68%

    9All this have I seen, and have given my heart to all the work which is done under the sun: there is a time when man has power over man for his destruction.

  • Eccl 2:3
    68%

    3I made a search with my heart to give pleasure to my flesh with wine, still guiding my heart with wisdom, and to go after foolish things, so that I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under the heavens all the days of their life.

  • Eccl 4:3
    68%

    3Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun.

  • Eccl 3:10
    68%

    10I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.

  • Prov 7:12
    68%

    12Now she is in the street, now in the open spaces, waiting at every turning of the road.

  • Prov 6:31
    68%

    31But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house.