Ecclesiastes 7:23

Easy To Read Version

I used my wisdom and thought about all these things. I wanted to be truly wise. But it was impossible.

Cross References

Genesis 3:5

God knows that if you eat the fruit from that tree you will learn about good and evil. And then you will be the same as God!”

Ecclesiastes 1:17

I decided to learn how wisdom and knowledge are better than thinking foolish things. But I learned that trying to become wise is like trying to catch the wind. {\cf2\super [7]}

Ecclesiastes 3:11

God gave us the ability to think about his world. {\cf2\super [16]} But we can never completely understand everything God does. And yet, God does everything at just the right time.

Ecclesiastes 7:22

And you know that many times you too have said bad things about other people.

Ecclesiastes 8:17

I also saw the many things that God does. And I saw that people can’t understand all the work that God does on earth. A person might try and try to understand, but he can’t. Even if a wise man says he understands the work God does, it is not true. No person can understand all those things.

Romans 1:22

People said they were wise, and they became fools.

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the wise person? Where is the educated person? Where is the philosopher {\cf2\super [7]} of this time? God has made the wisdom of the world foolish.