Ecclesiastes 7:23
All this I have tried by wisdom; I have said, 'I am wise,' and it [is] far from me.
Young's Literal 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 many times also hath thy heart known that thou thyself also hast reviled others.
24Far off [is] that which hath been, and deep, deep, who doth find it?
Cross References
1 Kings 3:11and God saith unto him, 'Because that thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thee many days, nor asked for thee riches, nor asked the life of thine enemies, and hast asked for thee discernment to understand judgment,
Ecclesiastes 1:17And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I have known that even this [is] vexation of spirit;
1 Corinthians 1:20where [is] the wise? where the scribe? where a disputer of this age? did not God make foolish the wisdom of this 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 →