Ecclesiastes 7:24

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What exists is far off and exceedingly deep—who can discover it?

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  • Rom 11:33 : 33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments and His ways beyond tracing out!
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 He alone has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has seen Him or can see Him. To Him be honor and eternal power. Amen.
  • Deut 30:11-14 : 11 For this commandment that I am giving you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it beyond your reach. 12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will go up to heaven for us to bring it to us so we may hear it and do it?’ 13 Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will cross the sea for us and bring it to us so that we may hear it and do it?’ 14 No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so that you can do it.
  • Job 11:7-8 : 7 Can you search out the depths of God? Can you find out the limits of the Almighty? 8 They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
  • Job 28:12-23 : 12 But where can wisdom be found, and where is the place of understanding? 13 Mankind does not know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living. 14 The deep says, 'It is not in me,' and the sea declares, 'It is not with me.' 15 It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed in silver. 16 It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire. 17 Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor is it exchanged for jewels of fine gold. 18 Coral and jasper are not worth mentioning; the price of wisdom is above pearls. 19 The topaz of Ethiopia cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold. 20 But where does wisdom come from, and where is the place of understanding? 21 It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the sky. 22 Destruction and Death say, 'We have heard a rumor about it with our ears.' 23 God understands its way, and He knows its place.
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And He said to mankind, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'
  • Ps 36:6 : 6 Lord, your steadfast love reaches to the heavens; your faithfulness to the clouds.
  • Ps 139:6 : 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.

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    23 All this I tested by wisdom and said, 'I will be wise,' but it was beyond me.

  • Eccl 7:25
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    25 I turned my mind to understand, to investigate, and to search out wisdom and the meaning of things, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the madness of folly.

  • Job 11:7-9
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    7 Can you search out the depths of God? Can you find out the limits of the Almighty?

    8 They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?

    9 Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.

  • Job 28:12-14
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    12 But where can wisdom be found, and where is the place of understanding?

    13 Mankind does not know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

    14 The deep says, 'It is not in me,' and the sea declares, 'It is not with me.'

  • Eccl 8:16-17
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    16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to observe the work that is done on earth, even though people do not see sleep with their eyes day or night,

    17 then I saw all the work of God, that no one can understand the work that is done under the sun. Despite all their efforts to search it out, no one can comprehend it. Even if the wise claim to know, they cannot truly understand it.

  • Job 42:3
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    3 You asked, 'Who is this that obscures counsel without knowledge?' Surely, I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

  • Job 28:20-21
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    20 But where does wisdom come from, and where is the place of understanding?

    21 It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the sky.

  • Ps 139:6-7
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    6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.

    7 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?

  • Prov 25:2-3
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    2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings is to search it out.

    3 As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

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    13 I set my heart to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. What a burdensome task God has given to the human race to occupy themselves with!

  • Eccl 1:15-18
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    15 What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.

    16 I said to myself, 'Look, I have grown and increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled Jerusalem before me. I have experienced much wisdom and knowledge.'

    17 Then I set my heart to understand wisdom, as well as madness and folly, but I learned that this too is a chasing after the wind.

    18 For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief.

  • Eccl 7:27
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    27 'See,' says the Teacher, 'this is what I have discovered, adding one thing to another to understand the scheme of things.'

  • Rom 11:33-34
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    33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments and His ways beyond tracing out!

    34 Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?

  • Eccl 7:13
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    13 Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what he has made crooked?

  • Job 15:8-9
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    8 Have you listened to the secret counsel of God and limited wisdom to yourself?

    9 What do you know that we do not know? What insight do you have that is not with us?

  • Job 38:16
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    16 Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep?

  • Prov 17:24
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    24 Wisdom is before the face of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

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    10 He performs great and unsearchable things, and wonders without number.

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    7 Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell anyone what is to come?

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    15 Woe to those who go to great depths to hide their plans from the LORD, who do their work in darkness and think, 'Who sees us? Who knows us?'

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    16 When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply.

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    19 Where is the way that light dwells, and where is the place of darkness,

    20 that you may take it to its boundary and recognize the paths to its home?

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    36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts or given understanding to the mind?

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    12 I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and I possess knowledge and discretion.

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    5 For You have made me glad by Your work, O LORD; I will sing for joy at the works of Your hands.

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    25 For who can eat or who can enjoy life apart from Him?

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    11 The more words, the more meaningless—and what advantage does that bring to anyone?

  • Prov 20:24
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    24 A person's steps are directed by the Lord; how then can anyone understand their own way?

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    7 And I saw among the naive ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man lacking understanding.

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    21 To those who long for death, but it does not come, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures.

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    29 This only have I found: God created mankind upright, but they have gone in search of many schemes.

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    13 I saw that wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness.

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    1 So I reflected on all this and set my heart to examine it: that the righteous, the wise, and their deeds are in the hand of God. People do not know whether love or hatred awaits them; everything lies before them.

  • Eccl 7:10
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    10 Do not say, 'Why were the old days better than these?' For it is not wise to ask such questions.

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    5 The purposes of a person's heart are deep waters, but a person of understanding draws them out.

  • Job 28:23
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    23 God understands its way, and He knows its place.