Ecclesiastes 7:24
That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
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- Rom 11:33 : 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
- 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
- Deut 30:11-14 : 11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. 12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? 14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
- Job 11:7-8 : 7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? 8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
- Job 28:12-23 : 12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? 13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. 14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me. 15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. 16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. 17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. 18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies. 19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. 20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? 21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. 22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears. 23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
- Job 28:28 : 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
- Ps 36:6 : 6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
- Ps 139:6 : 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
- Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
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12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
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14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
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16 When 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:)
17 Then 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.
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20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
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6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
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3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
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17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
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33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
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13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
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8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
9 What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
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16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
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10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
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7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
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16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
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19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
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25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?
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11 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
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21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
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29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
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13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
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10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
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5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
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23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.