Ecclesiastes 7:23

New English Translation

I have examined all this by wisdom; I said, “I am determined to comprehend this” – but it was beyond my grasp.

Cross References

Genesis 3:5

for God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will open and you will be like divine beings who know good and evil.”

Ecclesiastes 1:17

So I decided to discern the benefit of wisdom and knowledge over foolish behavior and ideas; however, I concluded that even this endeavor is like trying to chase the wind!

Ecclesiastes 3:11

God has made everything fit beautifully in its appropriate time, but he has also placed ignorance in the human heart so that people cannot discover what God has ordained, from the beginning to the end of their lives.

Ecclesiastes 7:22

For you know in your own heart that you also have cursed others many times.

Ecclesiastes 8:17

then I discerned all that God has done: No one really comprehends what happens on earth. Despite all human efforts to discover it, no one can ever grasp it. Even if a wise person claimed that he understood, he would not really comprehend it.

Romans 1:22

Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the wise man? Where is the expert in the Mosaic law? Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom of the world foolish?