Ecclesiastes 2:13

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

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  • Eccl 7:11-12 : 11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. 12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
  • Matt 6:23 : 23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
  • Eph 5:8 : 8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
  • Luke 11:34-35 : 34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. 35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
  • Eccl 7:19 : 19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
  • Eccl 9:16 : 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
  • Eccl 9:18 : 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
  • Eccl 11:7 : 7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
  • Mal 3:18-4:2 : 18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not. 1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
  • Ps 119:105 : 105 NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
  • Ps 119:130 : 130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
  • Prov 4:5-7 : 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. 7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
  • Prov 4:18-19 : 18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
  • Prov 16:16 : 16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 2:14-17
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    14The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

    15Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

    16For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.

    17Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 2:11-12
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    11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

    12And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.

  • Eccl 1:16-18
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    16I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

    17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.

    18For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

  • Eccl 9:13
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    13This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:

  • Eccl 7:25
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    25I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:

  • Eccl 1:13-14
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    13And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

    14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 2:1-3
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    1I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.

    2I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

    3I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

  • Eccl 7:11
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    11Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.

  • Eccl 8:16-17
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    16When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)

    17Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

  • Eccl 2:19-21
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    19And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

    20Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

    21For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

  • Eccl 2:9
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    9So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

  • Eccl 6:8-9
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    8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

    9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

  • Eccl 4:3
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    3Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

  • Prov 17:24
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    24Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

  • Eccl 9:16-17
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    16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

    17The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

  • Prov 14:8
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    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Eccl 7:23
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    23All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

  • Eccl 2:25-26
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    25For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?

    26For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

  • Eccl 3:16
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    16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

  • Job 31:26
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    26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

  • Eccl 11:7-8
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    7Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:

    8But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

  • Eccl 4:7
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    7Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

  • Prov 8:11-12
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    11For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

    12I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

  • Eccl 10:2-3
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    2A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

    3Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

  • Eccl 4:13
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    13Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

  • Eccl 7:4
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    4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

  • Eccl 6:11
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    11Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?

  • Prov 16:16
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    16How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

  • Job 29:3
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    3When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;