Ecclesiastes 1:16

New English Translation

I thought to myself, “I have become much wiser than any of my predecessors who ruled over Jerusalem; I have acquired much wisdom and knowledge.”

Cross References

1 Kings 10:7

I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn’t hear even half the story! Your wisdom and wealth surpass what was reported to me.

1 Kings 4:30

Solomon was wiser than all the men of the east and all the sages of Egypt.

1 Kings 5:9

My servants will bring the timber down from Lebanon to the sea. I will send it by sea in raft-like bundles to the place you designate. There I will separate the logs and you can carry them away. In exchange you will supply the food I need for my royal court.”

2 Kings 5:20

Gehazi, the prophet Elisha’s servant, thought, “Look, my master did not accept what this Syrian Naaman offered him. As certainly as the Lord lives, I will run after him and accept something from him.”

2 Chronicles 2:12

Huram also said, “Worthy of praise is the Lord God of Israel, who made the sky and the earth! He has given David a wise son who has discernment and insight and will build a temple for the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself.

Psalm 4:4

Tremble with fear and do not sin! Meditate as you lie in bed, and repent of your ways! (Selah)

Psalm 77:6

I said, “During the night I will remember the song I once sang; I will think very carefully.” I tried to make sense of what was happening.

Ecclesiastes 2:1

I thought to myself, “Come now, I will try self-indulgent pleasure to see if it is worthwhile.” But I found that it also is futile.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

So I thought to myself, “The fate of the fool will happen even to me! Then what did I gain by becoming so excessively wise?” So I lamented to myself, “The benefits of wisdom are ultimately meaningless!”

Ecclesiastes 2:9

So I was far wealthier than all my predecessors in Jerusalem, yet I maintained my objectivity:

Ecclesiastes 3:17

I thought to myself, “God will judge both the righteous and the wicked; for there is an appropriate time for every activity, and there is a time of judgment for every deed.

Jeremiah 22:14

He says, “I will build myself a large palace with spacious upper rooms.” He cuts windows in its walls, panels it with cedar, and paints its rooms red.

Daniel 4:30

The king uttered these words: “Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence by my own mighty strength and for my majestic honor?”

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.