Ecclesiastes 7:23

New Century Version

I used wisdom to test all these things. I wanted to be wise, but it was too hard for me.

Cross References

Genesis 3:5

God knows that if you eat the fruit from that tree, you will learn about good and evil and you will be like God!”

Ecclesiastes 1:17

So I decided to find out about wisdom and knowledge and also about foolish thinking, but this turned out to be like chasing the wind.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

God has given them a desire to know the future. He does everything just right and on time, but people can never completely understand what he is doing.

Ecclesiastes 7:22

You know that many times you have insulted others.

Ecclesiastes 8:17

I also saw all that God has done. Nobody can understand what God does here on earth. No matter how hard people try to understand it, they cannot. Even if wise people say they understand, they cannot; no one can really understand it.

Romans 1:22

They said they were wise, but they became fools.

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the wise person? Where is the educated person? Where is the skilled talker of this world? God has made the wisdom of the world foolish.