Ecclesiastes 7:25

American Standard Version 2015

I turned about, and my heart {\i was set} to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason {\i of things}, and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:13

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

Ecclesiastes 7:27

Behold, this have I found, saith the Preacher, {\i laying} one thing to another, to find out the account;

Ecclesiastes 2:20

Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor wherein I had labored under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:12

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what {\i can} the man {\i do} that cometh after the king? {\i even} that which hath been done long ago.

Proverbs 26:11

As a dog that returneth to his vomit,\par\tab {\i So is} a fool that repeateth his folly.

Proverbs 17:12

Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man,\par\tab Rather than a fool in his folly.

2 Samuel 13:12

And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.

Joshua 7:13

Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow: for thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, There is a devoted thing in the midst of thee, O Israel; thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the devoted thing from among you.

Genesis 34:7

And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.