Ecclesiastes 7:27

KJV1611 – Modern English

Behold, this have I found, says the preacher, counting one by one to find out the sum.

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  • Eccl 1:1-2 : 1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
  • Eccl 12:8-9 : 8 Vanity of vanities, says the preacher; all is vanity. 9 Moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yes, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. 10 The preacher sought to find acceptable words, and what was written was upright, even words of truth.

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  • Eccl 7:28-29
    2 verses
    88%

    28Which my soul still seeks, but I find not; one man among a thousand I have found, but a woman among all those I have not found.

    29Lo, this only have I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes.

  • Eccl 7:23-26
    4 verses
    81%

    23All this have I tested by wisdom. I said, 'I will be wise,' but it was far from me.

    24That which is far off and exceedingly deep, who can find it out?

    25I applied my heart to know, to search, and to seek out wisdom and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even foolishness and madness.

    26And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands are chains. He who pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be trapped by her.

  • Eccl 1:12-17
    6 verses
    75%

    12I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

    13And I set my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this difficult task God has given to the children of man to be engaged with.

    14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

    15That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is lacking cannot be counted.

    16I communed with my own heart, saying, Look, I have attained great stature, and gained more wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem: yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

    17And I set my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after wind.

  • Eccl 8:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to see the work that is done upon the earth (for there are those who neither day nor night see sleep with their eyes),

    17Then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. Even though a man labors to seek it out, he shall not find it; moreover, though a wise man thinks to know it, he shall not be able to find it.

  • Prov 7:6-8
    3 verses
    72%

    6For at the window of my house I looked through my lattice,

    7And saw among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man lacking understanding,

    8Passing through the street near her corner, and he went the way to her house,

  • Eccl 12:8-10
    3 verses
    71%

    8Vanity of vanities, says the preacher; all is vanity.

    9Moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yes, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

    10The preacher sought to find acceptable words, and what was written was upright, even words of truth.

  • Eccl 2:10-12
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    71%

    10And whatever my eyes desired, I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced in all my labor; and this was my reward from all my labor.

    11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor I had toiled to do; and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

    12I turned to consider wisdom, madness, and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done.

  • Eccl 7:13-15
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    13Consider the work of God, for who can make straight what He has made crooked?

    14In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also has set the one against the other, so that man should find nothing after him.

    15All things have I seen in the days of my vanity; there is a just man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness.

  • Job 17:10
    71%

    10But as for you all, do you return, and come now; for I cannot find one wise man among you.

  • Eccl 4:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

    8There is one alone, without a second; yes, he has neither child nor brother, yet there is no end to all his labor, nor is his eye satisfied with riches, nor does he ask, 'For whom do I labor and deprive my soul of good?' This is also vanity, yes, it is a grievous toil.

  • Prov 8:35
    70%

    35For whoever finds me finds life and will obtain favor from the LORD.

  • Eccl 1:1-3
    3 verses
    70%

    1The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

    2Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

    3What profit does a man have from all his labor which he does under the sun?

  • Eccl 6:1
    70%

    1There is an evil I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

  • Prov 7:15
    70%

    15So I came out to meet you, diligently to seek your face, and I have found you.

  • Eccl 9:13
    70%

    13This wisdom I have seen also under the sun, and it seemed great to me:

  • Job 5:27
    70%

    27Behold this, we have searched it out, it is true; hear it, and know it for your good.

  • Prov 7:10
    69%

    10And it happened, there met him a woman with the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.

  • Eccl 9:1
    69%

    1For all this I considered in my heart, even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God. No one knows either love or hatred by all that is before them.

  • Eccl 2:17
    69%

    17Therefore I hated life, because the work that was done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 6:11
    69%

    11Since there are many things that increase vanity, what advantage does man have?

  • Eccl 2:20
    69%

    20Therefore I turned my heart to despair over all the labor which I had done under the sun.

  • Prov 31:10
    69%

    10Who can find a virtuous woman? For her worth is far above rubies.

  • Prov 18:22
    69%

    22Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.

  • Eccl 8:9
    68%

    9All this I have seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man rules over another to his own harm.

  • Eccl 2:3
    68%

    3I searched in my heart to give myself to wine, while guiding my heart with wisdom, and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what is good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.

  • Eccl 4:3
    68%

    3Yes, better is he than both, who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

  • Eccl 3:10
    68%

    10I have seen the task which God has given to the sons of men to be occupied with.

  • Prov 7:12
    68%

    12Sometimes she is outside, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.

  • Prov 6:31
    68%

    31But if he is found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.