Ecclesiastes 2:9

Legacy Standard Bible

Then I became great and increased more than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also stood by me.

Cross References

1 Kings 10:23

So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

1 Kings 10:7

Nevertheless I did not believe those words, until I came and my eyes had seen it. And behold, the half was not declared to me. You exceed, in wisdom and prosperity, the report which I heard.

1 Kings 3:12

behold, I have done according to your words. Behold, I have given you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has been no one like you before you, nor shall one like you arise after you.

1 Chronicles 29:25

And Yahweh highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel, and granted to him royal majesty which had not been on any king before him in Israel.

2 Chronicles 1:1

Now Solomon the son of David strengthened himself over his kingdom, and Yahweh his God was with him and highly exalted him.

Ecclesiastes 1:16

I spoke within my heart, saying, “Behold, I have magnified and increased wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my heart has seen an abundance of wisdom and knowledge.”

Ecclesiastes 5:11

When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the success to their masters except to look on with their eyes?