Ecclesiastes 7:23
All this have I tried by wisdom. I said, “I will be wise;” but it was far from me.
Noyes Bible
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 many times thine own heart knoweth also that even thou thyself hast cursed others.
24That which is far off and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 1:17And I gave my mind to know wisdom, and to know senselessness and folly; I perceived that this also is striving after wind.
1 Corinthians 1:20Where is the wise man? Where the scribe? Where the disputer of this world? Hath 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 →