Ecclesiastes 7:25

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.

Cross References

Genesis 34:7

The sons of Ya`akov came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had done folly in Yisra'el in lying with Ya`akov's daughter; a which thing ought not to be done.

2 Samuel 13:12

She answered him, No, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Yisra'el. Don't you do this folly.

Proverbs 17:12

Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

Proverbs 26:11

As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.

Ecclesiastes 10:13

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

Ecclesiastes 2:12

I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly: for what can the king's successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

Then said I in my heart, *As it happens 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 2:20

Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 7:27

Behold, this have I found, says Kohelet, one to another, to find out the scheme;

Joshua 7:13

Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow: for thus says the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, There is a devoted thing in the midst of you, Yisra'el; you can not stand before your enemies, until you take away the devoted thing from among you.