Ecclesiastes 7:23
All this have I tried by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
In Context
22For also thine own heart knoweth that oftentimes thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
24Whatever hath been, is far off, and exceeding deep: who will find it out?
Cross References
1 Kings 3:11And God said to him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life, neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thyself discernment to understand judgment;
Ecclesiastes 1:17And I applied my heart to the knowledge of wisdom, and to the knowledge of madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after the wind.
1 Corinthians 1:20Where [is the] wise? where scribe? where disputer of this world? has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:12-23
The Advantages of Wisdom. 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. 13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? 14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.… Read the whole commentary →