Ecclesiastes 7:23
I have examined all this using the principles of wisdom. I told myself, “I will think wisely.” But wisdom eluded me.
Free Bible Version
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 you know how many times you yourself have talked badly about others!
24Everything that exists is beyond our grasp—too deep for our understanding. Who can comprehend it?
Cross References
1 Kings 3:11So God told him, “Because you asked for this, and you didn't ask for a long life, or wealth, or the death of your enemies, but instead you asked for understanding to know what is right,
Ecclesiastes 1:17So I decided to use my mind to learn everything about wisdom, and madness and foolishness as well. But I found out that this is as hard as trying to catch hold of the wind.
1 Corinthians 1:20So how about the wise, the writers, and the philosophers of this age? Hasn't God turned the wisdom of this world into foolishness?
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 →