Ecclesiastes 2:13

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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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    14 The 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.

    15 Then 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.

    16 For [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.

    17 ¶ Therefore 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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    11 Then 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.

    12 ¶ And 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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    16 I 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.

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

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

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

  • Eccl 7:25
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    25 I 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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    76%

    13 And 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.

    14 I 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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    1 ¶ I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also [is] vanity.

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

    3 I 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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    11 ¶ Wisdom [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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    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].

  • Eccl 2:19-21
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    19 And 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.

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

    21 For 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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    9 So 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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    8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

    9 Better [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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    21 ¶ Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

  • Eccl 4:3
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    3 Yea, 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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    24 ¶ Wisdom [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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    16 Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard.

    17 The 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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    8 ¶ The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way: but the folly of fools [is] deceit.

  • Eccl 7:23
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    23 ¶ All 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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    25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten [hereunto], more than I?

    26 For [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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    33 ¶ Wisdom 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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    16 ¶ And 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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    26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking [in] brightness;

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

    8 But 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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    24 ¶ The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly.

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

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

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

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

    3 Yea 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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    13 ¶ Better [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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    4 The 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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    11 ¶ Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what [is] man the better?

  • Prov 16:16
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    16 ¶ How 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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    3 When his candle shined upon my head, [and when] by his light I walked [through] darkness;