Ecclesiastes 1:16

God's Word

I thought to myself, “I have grown wiser than anyone who ⌞has ruled⌟ Jerusalem before me. I’ve had a lot of experience with wisdom and knowledge.”

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:9

So I grew richer than anyone in Jerusalem before me. Yet, my wisdom remained with me.

1 Kings 4:30

Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the eastern people and all the wisdom of the Egyptians.

1 Kings 10:7

But I didn’t believe the reports until I came and saw it with my own eyes. I wasn’t even told half of it. Your wisdom and wealth surpass the stories I’ve heard.

Hebrews 5:14

However, solid food is for mature people, whose minds are trained by practice to know the difference between good and evil.

Psalm 4:4

Tremble and do not sin. Think about this on your bed and remain quiet. Selah

2 Chronicles 2:12

Huram added, “May the Lord God of Israel be praised. He made the heavens and the earth and has given King David a wise son who has insight and intelligence and can build the Lord’s temple and a royal palace.

Daniel 4:30

The king thought, “Look how great Babylon is! I built the royal palace by my own impressive power and for my glorious honor.”

Jeremiah 22:14

He says, ‘I will build a large house for myself with big upper rooms.’ He cuts out windows in it, panels the rooms with cedar, and paints them red.

Psalm 77:6

I remember my song in the night and reflect ⌞on it⌟. My spirit searches ⌞for an answer⌟:

2 Kings 5:20

Gehazi, the servant of Elisha (the man of God), thought, “My master let this Aramean Naaman go without accepting what he had brought. As sure as the Lord lives, I’ll run after Naaman and get something from him.”

1 Kings 5:9

My workers will bring logs from Lebanon to the sea, and I will have them make them into rafts to go by sea to any place you specify. There I will have them taken apart, and you can use them. You can pay me by providing food for my palace.”

Ecclesiastes 2:1

I thought to myself, “Now I want to experiment with pleasure and enjoy myself.” But even this was pointless.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

I thought to myself, “⌞If⌟ the destiny that waits for the fool waits for me as well, then what is the advantage in being wise?” So I thought that even this is pointless.

Ecclesiastes 3:17

I thought to myself, “God will judge righteous people as well as wicked people, because there is a specific time for every activity and every work that is done.”