Ecclesiastes 7:25

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

I studied and I tried very hard to find true wisdom. I tried to find a reason for everything. I did learn that it is foolish to be evil, and it is crazy to act like a fool.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:13

Fools begin by saying something foolish. But in the end, they speak nonsense.

Ecclesiastes 7:27

The Teacher says, “I added all this together to see what answer I could find. I am still looking for answers, but I did find this: I found one good man in a thousand. But I did not find even one good woman.

Ecclesiastes 2:20

So I became sad about all the work I had done.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

I thought to myself, “The same thing that happens to a fool will also happen to me. So why have I tried so hard to become wise?” I said to myself, “Being wise is also useless.”

Ecclesiastes 2:12

Then I decided to think about what it means to be wise or to be foolish or to do crazy things. And I thought about the one who will be the next king. The new king will do the same as the kings before him.

Proverbs 26:11

Like a dog that returns to its vomit, a fool does the same foolish things again and again.

Proverbs 17:12

It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool who is busy doing foolish things.

2 Samuel 13:12

Tamar said to Amnon, “No, brother! Don’t force me to do this. Don’t do this shameful thing! Terrible things like this should never be done in Israel!

Joshua 7:13

“Now go and make the people pure. Tell them, ‘Make yourselves pure. Prepare for tomorrow. The Lord, the God of Israel, says that some people are keeping things that he commanded to be destroyed. You will never be able to defeat your enemies until you throw away those things.’

Genesis 34:7

In the fields Jacob’s sons heard the news about what had happened. They were very angry because Shechem had brought shame to Israel by raping Jacob’s daughter. They came in from the fields as soon as they heard about the terrible thing Shechem had done.