Ecclesiastes 1:16

The Scriptures 2009

So I spoke to my heart, saying, “See, I have attained greatness, and have gained more wisdom than all who were before me in Yerushalayim. And my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge.”

Cross References

1 Kings 10:7

“But I did not believe the words until I came and saw with my own eyes. And see, I have not been told the half! Your wisdom and prosperity exceed the report which I heard.

1 Kings 4:30

And Shelomoh’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the men of the East and all the wisdom of Mitsrayim.

1 Kings 5:9

“Let my servants bring them down from Leḇanon to the sea, then I put them in rafts by sea to the place you direct me. And I shall spread them out there, then you take them up, while you do my desire by giving food for my household.”

2 Kings 5:20

And Gĕḥazi, the servant of Elisha the man of Elohim, said, “Look, my master has spared Na‛aman this Aramean, while not receiving from his hands what he brought. But as יהוה lives, I shall run after him and take whatever from him.”

2 Chronicles 2:12

And Ḥuram said, “Blessed be יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, who made the heavens and earth, for He has given Sovereign Dawiḏ a wise son, knowing wisdom and understanding, to build a House for יהוה and a house for his reign!

Psalm 4:4

Tremble, and do not sin. Speak within your heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.

Psalm 77:6

I remember my song in the night, I meditate within my heart, And my spirit searches diligently.

Ecclesiastes 2:1

I said in my heart, “Come now, let me try you with rejoicing and find out what is good.” But see, that too was futile.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

And I said in my heart, “As the event of the fool, even so it befalls me, and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart, “This also is futile.”

Ecclesiastes 2:9

Thus I became great and increased more than all who were before me in Yerushalayim. Also my wisdom remained with me.

Ecclesiastes 3:17

I said in my heart, “Elohim judges the righteous and the wrong, for there is a time for every matter and for every work.”

Jeremiah 22:14

who says, ‘I am going to build myself a wide house with spacious rooms, and cut out windows for it, panelling it with cedar and painting it in red.’

Daniel 4:30

The sovereign spoke and said, “Is not this great Baḇel, which I myself have built, for the house of the reign, by the might of my power and for the esteem of my splendour?”

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for the mature whose senses have been trained by practice to discern both good and evil.