Ecclesiastes 1:16

Bible in Basic English 1965

I said to my heart, See, I have become great and am increased in wisdom more than any who were before me in Jerusalemyes, my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge.

Cross References

1 Kings 10:7

But I had no faith in what was said about you, till I came and saw for myself; and now I see that it was not half the story; your wisdom and your wealth are much greater than they said.

1 Kings 4:30

And Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.

1 Kings 5:9

My men will take them down from Lebanon to the sea, where I will have them corded together to go by sea to whatever place you say, and I will have them cut up there so that you may take them away; as for payment, it will be enough if you give me food for my people.

2 Kings 5:20

But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, the man of God, said, Now my master has taken nothing from Naaman, this Aramaean, of what he would have given him: by the living Lord, I will go after him and get something from him.

2 Chronicles 2:12

And Huram said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, maker of heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, full of wisdom and good sense, to be the builder of a house for the Lord and a house for himself as king.

Psalm 4:4

Let there be fear in your hearts, and do no sin; have bitter feelings on your bed, but make no sound. Selah.

Psalm 77:6

The memory of my song comes back to me in the night; my thoughts are moving in my heart; my spirit is searching with care.

Ecclesiastes 2:1

I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasurebut it was to no purpose.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

Then said I in my heart: As it comes to the foolish man, so will it come to me; so why have I been wise overmuch? Then I said in my heart: This again is to no purpose.

Ecclesiastes 2:9

And I became great; increasing more than all who had been before me in Jerusalem, and my wisdom was still with me.

Ecclesiastes 3:17

I said in my heart, God will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every purpose and for every work has been fixed by him.

Jeremiah 22:14

Who says, I will make a wide house for myself, and rooms of great size, and has windows cut out, and has it roofed with cedar and painted with bright red.

Daniel 4:30

The king made answer and said, Is this not great Babylon, which I have made for the living-place of kings, by the strength of my power and for the glory of my honour?

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.