Ecclesiastes 7:27

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Beholde (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,

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 1:1-2 : 1 The wordes of the preacher ye sonne of Dauid kyng of Hierusalem. 2 All is but most vayne vanitie saith the preacher, & all is most vayne I say and but playne vanitie.
  • Eccl 12:8-9 : 8 All is but vanitie (saith the preacher) all is but playne vanitie. 9 The preacher was yet more wyse, and taught the people knowledge, he gaue good heede, sought out the ground, and set foorth many parables: 10 His diligence was to finde out acceptable wordes, right scripture, & the wordes of trueth.

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  • Eccl 7:28-29
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    28which as yet I seeke, and finde it not. Among a thousande men I haue founde one: but not one woman among all.

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

  • Eccl 7:23-26
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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:

    24yea and so deepe, that I might not reache vnto her.

    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.

    26And I founde that a woman is bitterer then death, the whiche hath cast abrode her heart as a net that men fishe with, and her handes are chaynes: Who so pleaseth God shall escape from her, but the sinner wyll be taken with her.

  • Eccl 1:12-17
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    12I my selfe the preacher was kyng of Israel at Hierusalem,

    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.

    14Thus haue I considered all these thynges that come to passe vnder the sunne: and lo, they are all but vanitie and vexation of mynde.

    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.

  • 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.

  • Prov 7:6-8
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    6For at the windowe of my house I loked through the windowe,

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

    8Goyng ouer the streate by the corner in the way towarde her house

  • Eccl 12:8-10
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    8All is but vanitie (saith the preacher) all is but playne vanitie.

    9The preacher was yet more wyse, and taught the people knowledge, he gaue good heede, sought out the ground, and set foorth many parables:

    10His diligence was to finde out acceptable wordes, right scripture, & the wordes of trueth.

  • Eccl 2:10-12
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    10And loke whatsoeuer myne eyes desired, I let them haue it: and wherin soeuer my heart delited or had any pleasure, I withhelde it not from it: Thus my heart reioyced in all that I did, and this was my portion of all my trauayle.

    11But when I considered all the workes that my handes had wrought, and all the labour that I had taken therin: lo all was but vanitie and vexation of mynde, and nothing of any value vnder the sunne.

    12Then turned I me to consider wisdome, errour, and foolishnesse (for what is he among men that myght be compared to me the kyng in such workes?)

  • Eccl 7:13-15
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    13Consider the worke of God, how that no man can make the thing straight, whiche he maketh crooked.

    14Use well the tyme of prosperitie, and remember the tyme of misfortune: for God doth so temper the one and the other, that a man can finde nothing els.

    15All thinges haue I considered in the time of my vanitie: that the iust man perisheth for his righteousnesse sake, & the vngodly liueth in his wickednesse.

  • Job 17:10
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    10As for al you, turne you and get you hence I pray you seeing I can not finde one wyse man among you.

  • Eccl 4:7-8
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    7Moreouer I turned me, and beholde yet another vanitie vnder the sunne.

    8There is one man, no mo but himselfe alone, hauing neither childe nor brother, yet is there no ende of his carefull trauayle, his eyes can not be satisfied with riches: yet saith he not for whom do I take such trauayle? For whose pleasure do I thus consume away my life? This is also a vayne and miserable thyng.

  • Prov 8:35
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    35For whoso findeth me, findeth life, and shall obtaine fauour of the Lorde.

  • Eccl 1:1-3
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    1The wordes of the preacher ye sonne of Dauid kyng of Hierusalem.

    2All is but most vayne vanitie saith the preacher, & all is most vayne I say and but playne vanitie.

    3For what els hath a man of all the labour that he taketh vnder the sunne?

  • Eccl 6:1
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    1There is yet a plague vnder the sunne, and it is a generall thyng among men:

  • Prov 7:15
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    15Therefore came I foorth to meete thee, that I might seeke thy face, and so haue I founde thee.

  • Eccl 9:13
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    13This wysdome haue I seene also vnder the sunne, and me thought it a great thing:

  • Job 5:27
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    27Lo, this we our selues haue proued by experience, and euen thus it is: Hearken thou to it also, that thou mayest take heede to thy selfe.

  • Prov 7:10
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    10And behold there met hym a woman with open tokens of an harlot, onlye her heart was hid:

  • 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 2:17
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    17Thus began I to be weery of my life, insomuch that I coulde away with nothyng that is done vnder the sunne: for all was but vanitie and vexation of mynde.

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

  • Eccl 2:20
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    20So I turned me to refrayne my mynde from all such trauayle as I toke vnder the sunne,

  • Prov 31:10
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    10Who so fyndeth an honest faythfull woman, she is much more worth then pearles.

  • Prov 18:22
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    22Who so findeth a wyfe, findeth a good thing, and receaueth fauour of the Lorde.

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    9All these thinges haue I considered, and applied my mynde vnto euery worke that is vnder the sunne, howe one man hath lordship vpon another to his owne harme.

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    3So I thought in my heart to geue my fleshe vnto wine, and agayne to apply my mynde vnto wisdome, and to comprehende foolishnesse: vntyll the tyme that among all the thynges which are vnder the sunne, I myght see what were best for men to do so long as they liue vnder heauen.

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    12Nowe is she without, nowe in the streates, and lyeth in wayte at euery corner.

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    31But if he may be gotten, he restoreth agayne seuen tymes as muche, or els he maketh recompence with all the good of his house.