Ecclesiastes 9:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 6:1 : 1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is hard on men;
  • Eccl 7:15 : 15 These 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.
  • Eccl 8:16 : 16 When 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),
  • Eccl 9:11 : 11 And again I saw under the sun that the reward goes not to him who is quick, or the fruits of war to the strong; and there is no bread for the wise, or wealth for men of learning, or respect for those who have knowledge; but time and chance come to all.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 1:12-14
    3 verses
    80%

    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.

  • Eccl 8:9-10
    2 verses
    79%

    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.

    10And then I saw evil men put to rest, taken even from the holy place; and they went about and were praised in the town because of what they had done. This again is to no purpose.

  • Eccl 9:14-16
    3 verses
    79%

    14There was a little town and the number of its men was small, and there came a great king against it and made an attack on it, building works of war round about it.

    15Now there was in the town a poor, wise man, and he, by his wisdom, kept the town safe. But no one had any memory of that same poor man.

    16Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing.

  • Eccl 2:11-17
    7 verses
    78%

    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.

    13Then I saw that wisdom is better than foolish ways--as the light is better than the dark.

    14The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the foolish man goes walking in the dark; but still I saw that the same event comes to them all.

    15Then said I in my heart: As it comes to the foolish man, so will it come to me; so why have I been wise overmuch? Then I said in my heart: This again is to no purpose.

    16Of the wise man, as of the foolish man, there is no memory for ever, seeing that those who now are will have gone from memory in the days to come. See how death comes to the wise as to the foolish!

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

  • Eccl 2:9
    77%

    9And I became great; increasing more than all who had been before me in Jerusalem, and my wisdom was still with me.

  • Eccl 1:16-18
    3 verses
    77%

    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.

    18Because in much wisdom is much grief, and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow.

  • Eccl 8:16-17
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

  • Eccl 9:1
    76%

    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 6:1
    76%

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

  • Eccl 2:19-21
    3 verses
    76%

    19And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.

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

    21Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.

  • Eccl 7:11
    76%

    11Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.

  • Eccl 9:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11And again I saw under the sun that the reward goes not to him who is quick, or the fruits of war to the strong; and there is no bread for the wise, or wealth for men of learning, or respect for those who have knowledge; but time and chance come to all.

    12Even man has no knowledge of his time; like fishes taken in an evil net, or like birds taken by deceit, are the sons of men taken in an evil time when it comes suddenly on them.

  • Eccl 3:16
    75%

    16And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.

  • Eccl 4:7
    75%

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

  • Eccl 3:10
    75%

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

  • Eccl 7:19
    74%

    19Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a town.

  • Eccl 1:9
    74%

    9That which has been, is that which is to be, and that which has been done, is that which will be done, and there is no new thing under the sun.

  • Eccl 7:23
    74%

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

  • Job 13:1
    74%

    1Truly, my eye has seen all this, word of it has come to my ear, and I have knowledge of it.

  • Eccl 2:3
    73%

    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 7:25
    73%

    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.

  • Eccl 4:3
    73%

    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 9:3
    73%

    3This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that--to the dead.

  • Eccl 4:15
    73%

    15I saw all the living under the sun round the young man who was to be ruler in place of the king.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

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

    12Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?

  • Eccl 9:18
    72%

    18Wisdom is better than instruments of war, but one sinner is the destruction of much good.

  • Eccl 6:9
    72%

    9What the eyes see is better than the wandering of desire. This is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

  • Eccl 3:18
    72%

    18I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God may put them to the test and that they may see themselves as beasts.

  • Eccl 10:5
    72%

    5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which comes by chance from a ruler:

  • Prov 8:12
    72%

    12I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes.

  • Job 31:26
    72%

    26If, when I saw the sun shining, and the moon moving on its bright way,

  • Eccl 7:15
    72%

    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.