Ecclesiastes 7:24
For often times also thine heart knoweth that thou likewise hast cursed others.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
In Context
25All this haue I prooued by wisedome: I thought I will be wise, but it went farre from me.
Cross References
Job 11:7Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out ye Almighty to his perfection?
Job 28:23But God vnderstandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
Psalms 36:6Thy righteousnesse is like the mightie moutaines: thy iudgements are like a great deepe: thou, Lord, doest saue man and beast.
Isaiah 55:8For my thoughtes are not your thoughts, neither are your wayes my wayes, sayth the Lord.
1 Timothy 6:16Who onely hath immortalitie, and dwelleth in the light that none can attaine vnto, whom neuer man sawe, neither can see, vnto whome bee honour and power euerlasting, Amen.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:24-29
The Evil of Sin. 23 All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. 24 That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out? 25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness: 26 And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by… Read the whole commentary →