Ecclesiastes 1:16

New Century Version

I said to myself, “I have become very wise and am now wiser than anyone who ruled Jerusalem before me. I know what wisdom and knowledge really are.”

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:9

I became very famous, even greater than anyone who had lived in Jerusalem before me. My wisdom helped me in all this.

1 Kings 4:30

His wisdom was greater than any wisdom of the East, or any wisdom in Egypt.

1 Kings 10:7

I could not believe it then, but now I have come and seen it with my own eyes. I was not told even half of it! Your wisdom and wealth are much greater than I had heard.

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for those who are grown up. They are mature enough to know the difference between good and evil.

Psalm 4:4

When you are angry, do not sin. Think about these things quietly as you go to bed.Selah

2 Chronicles 2:12

Hiram also said: “Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth! He has given King David a wise son, one with wisdom and understanding, who will build a temple for the Lord and a palace for himself.

Daniel 4:30

he said, “I have built this great Babylon as my royal home. I built it by my power to show my glory and my majesty.”

Jeremiah 22:14

He says, ‘I will build a great palace for myself with large upper rooms.’ So he builds it with large windows and uses cedar wood for the walls, which he paints red.

Psalm 77:6

At night I remember my songs. I think and I ask myself:

2 Kings 5:20

Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, thought, “My master has not accepted what Naaman the Aramean brought. As surely as the Lord lives, I’ll run after him and get something from him.”

1 Kings 5:9

My servants will bring them down from Lebanon to the sea. There I will tie them together and float them along the shore to the place you choose. Then I will separate the logs there, and you can take them away. In return it is my wish that you give food to all those who live with me.”

Ecclesiastes 2:15

I thought to myself, “What happens to a fool will happen to me, too, so what is the reward for being wise?” I said to myself, “Being wise is also useless.”

Ecclesiastes 3:17

I said to myself, God has planned a time for every thing and every action, so he will judge both good people and bad.