Ecclesiastes 7:24

Bishops' Bible (1568)

yea and so deepe, that I might not reache vnto her.

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 11:33 : 33 O the deepenesse of the ryches both of the wisdome and knowledge of God, howe vnsearcheable are his iudgementes, and his wayes past fyndyng out?
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 Who only hath immortalitie, dwelling in the light that no man can attayne vnto, Whom no man hath seene, neither can see, vnto whom be honour & power euerlastyng. Amen.
  • Deut 30:11-14 : 11 For the commaundement which I comaunde thee this day, is not hidden from thee, neither farre of. 12 It is not in heauen, that thou needest to say: Who shall go vp for vs to heauen, and bryng it vnto vs, that we may heare it, and do it? 13 Neither is it beyonde the sea, that thou shouldest say: Who shall go ouer the sea for vs, and bryng it vnto vs, that we may heare it, and do it? 14 But the worde is very nye vnto thee, euen in thy mouth, and in thine heart, that thou do it.
  • Job 11:7-8 : 7 Art thou able to finde out the secretes of God? Or wilt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the almightie? 8 It is hier then heauen, what art thou able to do? deeper then the hel, how wilt thou then knowe it?
  • Job 28:12-23 : 12 Where then is wysdome founde? and where is the place of vnderstanding? 13 Ueryly no man can tell howe worthy a thing she is, neither is she found in the lande of them that lyue. 14 The deepe sayth, She is not in me: the sea sayth, She is not with me. 15 She can not be gotten for golde, neither may the price of her be bought with any siluer. 16 No wedges of gold of Ophir, no precious Onix stones, no Saphires may be valued with her. 17 No, neither golde nor christall shall be equall vnto it, nor her exchaunge shalbe for the plate of fine golde. 18 No mention shalbe made of Corall nor of the Gabis: for wisdome is more precious then pearles. 19 The Topas of Ethiopia shall not be equall vnto it, neither shall it be valued with the wedge of pure golde. 20 Whence then commeth wysdome? and where is the place of vnderstanding? 21 She is hid from the eyes of all men liuing, yea & from the foules of the ayre. 22 Destruction and death say, We haue hearde the fame therof with our eares. 23 But God seeth her way, and knoweth her place.
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And vnto man he sayd: To feare the Lorde is wysdome, and to forsake euyll is vnderstanding.
  • Ps 36:6 : 6 Thy righteousnes is like the mountaynes of God: thy iudgementes are a great deapth, thou sauest both man and beast O God.
  • Ps 139:6 : 6 The knowledge that thou hast of me is marueylous: it is so high that I can not attayne vnto it.
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For thus saith ye Lord: My thoughtes are not your thoughtes, & your wayes are not my wayes. 9 But as farre as the heauens are hyer then the earth: so farre do my wayes exceede yours, & my thoughtes yours.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 7:23
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    23All these thinges haue I proued in wysdome, for I thought to be wyse, but she went farther from me then she was before:

  • Eccl 7:25
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    25I applied my minde also vnto knowledge, and to seeke and searche out science, wysdome, and vnderstanding, to knowe the foolishnesse of the vngodly, and the errour of doting fooles.

  • Job 11:7-9
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    7Art thou able to finde out the secretes of God? Or wilt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the almightie?

    8It is hier then heauen, what art thou able to do? deeper then the hel, how wilt thou then knowe it?

    9The measure of it is longer then the earth, and broder then the sea.

  • Job 28:12-14
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    12Where then is wysdome founde? and where is the place of vnderstanding?

    13Ueryly no man can tell howe worthy a thing she is, neither is she found in the lande of them that lyue.

    14The deepe sayth, She is not in me: the sea sayth, She is not with me.

  • Eccl 8:16-17
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    16And so I applied my minde to learne wysdome, and to knowe the trauayle that is in the worlde, and that of suche a fashion, that I suffred not mine eyes to sleepe neither day nor night.

    17I vnderstoode of all the workes of God, but it is not possible for a man to attayne vnto the workes that are done vnder the sunne: and though he bestowe his labour to seeke them out, yet can he not reach vnto them: yea though a wyse man would vndertake to know them, yet shall he not finde them.

  • Job 42:3
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    3For who can keepe his owne counsaile so secrete but it shalbe knowen? Therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstoode not, euen the thinges that are to wonderfull for me, and passe myne vnderstanding.

  • Job 28:20-21
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    76%

    20Whence then commeth wysdome? and where is the place of vnderstanding?

    21She is hid from the eyes of all men liuing, yea & from the foules of the ayre.

  • Ps 139:6-7
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    6The knowledge that thou hast of me is marueylous: it is so high that I can not attayne vnto it.

    7Whyther can I go from thy spirite: or whyther can I flee away from thy face?

  • Prov 25:2-3
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    2It is the glory of God to kepe a thing secrete: but the kynges honour is to searche out a thing.

    3The heauen is hye, the earth is deepe: and the kinges heart is vnsearcheable.

  • Eccl 1:13
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    13And dyd applie my mynde to seke out & searche for knowledge of all thynges that are done vnder heauen: Such trauayle and labour hath God geuen vnto the children of men, to exercise them selues therin.

  • Eccl 1:15-18
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    15The croked can not be made straight, nor the imperfection of thynges can be numbred.

    16I communed with myne owne heart, saying: lo I am come to great estate, and haue gotten more wisdome then all they that haue ben before me in Hierusalem.

    17Yea, my heart had great experience of wisdome & knowledge: for thervnto I applied my mynde, that I myght knowe what were wisdome and vnderstandyng, what were errour and foolishnesse: and I perceaued that this was also but a vexation of mynde.

    18For where much wisdome is, there is also great trauayle and disquietnesse: and the more knowledge a man hath, the more is his care.

  • Eccl 7:27
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    27Beholde (saith the preacher) this haue I diligently searched out and proued: One thing must be considered with another, that a man may come by knowledge,

  • Rom 11:33-34
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    33O the deepenesse of the ryches both of the wisdome and knowledge of God, howe vnsearcheable are his iudgementes, and his wayes past fyndyng out?

    34For who hath knowen the mynde of the Lorde? Or who hath ben his councellour?

  • Eccl 7:13
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    13Consider the worke of God, how that no man can make the thing straight, whiche he maketh crooked.

  • Job 15:8-9
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    8Hast thou heard the secret counsell of God? and doest thou restraine wysdome to thee?

    9What knowest thou, that we knowe not? And what vnderstandest thou, but we can the same?

  • Job 38:16
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    16Camest thou euer into the grounde of the sea, or walkedst in the lowe corners of the deepe?

  • Prov 17:24
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    24Wisdome shineth in the face of hym that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of fooles wander throughout al landes.

  • Job 9:10
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    10He doth great thinges & vnsearcheable, yea and wonders without number.

  • Eccl 8:7
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    7And why? a man knoweth not what is for to come: for who can tell hym when it shalbe?

  • Isa 29:15
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    15Wo vnto them that kepe secrete their thoughtes, to hide their counsell from the Lorde, and to do their workes in darknesse, saying: Who seeth vs? and who knoweth vs?

  • Ps 73:16
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    16Therfore I considered howe I might vnderstande this: but it was to paynefull in myne eyes.

  • Job 38:19-20
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    19Then shewe me the way where light dwelleth, & where is the place of darkenesse?

    20That thou shouldest receaue it in the boundes thereof, and know the pathes to their houses.

  • Job 38:36
    71%

    36Who hath put wysdome in the reynes? or who hath geuen the heart vnderstanding?

  • Prov 8:12
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    12I wysdome dwell with counsell, and finde out knowledge and vnderstanding.

  • Ps 92:5
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    5O God howe glorious are thy workes? thy thoughtes are very depe.

  • Eccl 2:25
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    25For who wyll eate or go more lustyly to his worke then I?

  • Eccl 6:11
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    11Many thinges there be that encrease vanitie, and what hath a man els?

  • Prov 20:24
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    24The Lord ordereth euery mans goinges: how can a man then vnderstand his owne way?

  • Prov 7:7
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    7And behelde among the simple people and among the chyldren a young man voyde of wyt,

  • Job 3:21
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    21Whiche long for death and finde it not, though they search more for it than for treasures:

  • Eccl 7:29
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    29Lo this onlye haue I founde, that God made man iust and right: but they sought many inuentions.

  • Eccl 2:13
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    13And I sawe that wisdome excelleth foolishnesse, as farre as light doth darknesse.

  • Eccl 9:1
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    1For all these thinges purposed I in my mynde to seeke out: The righteous & wise, yea & their seruauntes also are in the hand of God, and there is no man that knoweth eyther loue or hate, but all thinges are before them.

  • Eccl 7:10
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    10Say not thou, What is the cause that the dayes of the old time were better then they that be nowe? for that were no wyse question.

  • Prov 20:5
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    5Counsayle in the heart of man is like deepe water: but a man of vnderstanding wyll drawe it out.

  • Job 28:23
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    23But God seeth her way, and knoweth her place.