Ecclesiastes 1:16
I spoke in my heart, saying, 1 Behold, I am increased, 1 And have acquired wisdom beyond all 1 Who were before me in Jerusalem: 1 Also I applied my heart to know wisdom and knowledge. 1
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15That which is crooked cannot be made straight: 1 And deficiency cannot be numbered. 1
Cross References
1 Kings 3:12behold, I have done according to thy word: behold, I have given thee an understanding and wise heart: there has not been anyone like thee before thee, and after thee there shall not arise one like thee.
1 Kings 5:9And the Lord gave understanding to Solomon, and very much wisdom, and enlargement of heart, as the sand on the seashore.
1 Kings 10:23And Solomon increased beyond all the kings of the earth in wealth and wisdom.
2 Chronicles 1:10Now give me wisdom and understanding, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who shall judge this thy great people?
2 Chronicles 9:22And Solomon exceeded all other kings both in riches and wisdom.
Psalms 77:6That another generation might know, 1 Even the sons which should be born; 1 And they should arise and declare them to their children. 1
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 1:13-18
Vanity of Human Wisdom. 12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 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. 15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. 16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am… Read the whole commentary →