Ecclesiastes 7:27

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 1:1-2 : 1 The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 “Utterly meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”
  • Eccl 12:8-9 : 8 'Utter futility,' says the Teacher. 'Everything is futile!' 9 In addition to being wise, the Teacher continually taught the people knowledge; he carefully considered, explored, and arranged many proverbs. 10 The Teacher sought to find delightful sayings and to write words of truth accurately.

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  • Eccl 7:28-29
    2 verses
    88%

    28While I was still searching but not finding, I found one upright man among a thousand, but not one upright woman among them all.

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

  • Eccl 7:23-26
    4 verses
    81%

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

    24What exists is far off and exceedingly deep—who can discover it?

    25I 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.

    26I found that more bitter than death is the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be caught by her.

  • Eccl 1:12-17
    6 verses
    75%

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

    13I 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!

    14I have seen all the deeds that are done under the sun; they are all meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

    15What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.

    16I 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.'

    17Then 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.

  • Eccl 8:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16When 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,

    17then 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.

  • Prov 7:6-8
    3 verses
    72%

    6For at the window of my house, through my lattice, I looked out.

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

    8Passing through the street near her corner, he took the path to her house.

  • Eccl 12:8-10
    3 verses
    71%

    8'Utter futility,' says the Teacher. 'Everything is futile!'

    9In addition to being wise, the Teacher continually taught the people knowledge; he carefully considered, explored, and arranged many proverbs.

    10The Teacher sought to find delightful sayings and to write words of truth accurately.

  • Eccl 2:10-12
    3 verses
    71%

    10Anything my eyes desired, I did not withhold from them; I did not keep my heart from any pleasure. My heart took delight in all my labor, for this was my reward for all my efforts.

    11Yet when I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, behold, everything was meaningless—a chasing after the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun.

    12So I turned my attention to consider wisdom, madness, and folly. For what can anyone do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done.

  • Eccl 7:13-15
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    71%

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

    14When times are good, be joyful; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future.

    15In my fleeting life, I have seen it all: The righteous perishing in their righteousness, and the wicked living long in their wickedness.

  • Job 17:10
    71%

    10But as for all of you, return and come now, for I do not find a wise man among you.

  • Eccl 4:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7Again, I turned and saw meaninglessness under the sun.

    8There was a man all alone. He had no son or brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth. 'For whom am I toiling,' he asked, 'and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?' This too is meaningless—a miserable business!

  • Prov 8:35
    70%

    35For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the LORD.

  • Eccl 1:1-3
    3 verses
    70%

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

    2“Utterly meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”

    3What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?

  • Eccl 6:1
    70%

    1There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is great upon humanity.

  • Prov 7:15
    70%

    15'So I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you.'

  • Eccl 9:13
    70%

    13I also saw this example of wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me.

  • Job 5:27
    70%

    27Behold, we have examined this, and it is true. Listen to it and apply it to yourself.

  • Prov 7:10
    69%

    10And behold, a woman came to meet him, dressed like a prostitute and sly of heart.

  • Eccl 9:1
    69%

    1So 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 2:17
    69%

    17So I hated life, because the work done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

  • Eccl 6:11
    69%

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

  • Eccl 2:20
    69%

    20So I turned my heart to despair over all the hard work with which I had labored under the sun.

  • Prov 31:10
    69%

    10A wife of noble character, who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.

  • Prov 18:22
    69%

    22He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.

  • Eccl 8:9
    68%

    9I observed all this as I considered all the work done under the sun: a time when one man has power over another to hurt them.

  • Eccl 2:3
    68%

    3I explored with my heart how to cheer my body with wine, while my mind guided me with wisdom, and how to embrace folly until I could see what is good for people to do under the heavens during the few days of their lives.

  • Eccl 4:3
    68%

    3But better than both is the one who has not yet been born, who has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.

  • Eccl 3:10
    68%

    10I have seen the burden that God has laid on the human race.

  • Prov 7:12
    68%

    12Now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner, she lurks.

  • Prov 6:31
    68%

    31Yet if he is caught, he must pay back sevenfold; he may have to give up all the wealth of his house.