Ecclesiastes 1:16

Tree of Life Version

I spoke with my heart saying: “I have grown rich and increased in wisdom more than any who were before me over Jerusalem. Indeed, my heart has experienced much wisdom and knowledge.”

Cross References

1 Kings 10:7

But I didn’t believe the reports until I came and my eyes saw it. Indeed, not even the half was told to me. You’re way past the report of wisdom and prosperity that I’d heard!

1 Kings 5:9

God gave Solomon wisdom and discernment in great measure, and a breadth of understanding as vast as the sand on the seashore.

2 Kings 5:20

But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, thought, “Behold, my master held back from accepting what this Naaman the Aramean brought. As Adonai lives, I will surely run after him and get something from him.”

2 Chronicles 2:12

So now I am sending Huram-abi—a skilled man endowed with understanding

Psalm 4:4

But know that Adonai has set apart the godly for His own. Adonai will hear when I call to Him.

Psalm 77:6

I ponder the days of old, the years long ago.

Ecclesiastes 2:1

I said within myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure to see what is good.” Yet behold, this too was meaningless.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

Then said I in my heart: “I, even I, will have the same destiny as a fool. So why have I become so wise?” I said in my heart, “This too is meaningless.”

Ecclesiastes 2:9

So I became far wealthier than all before me in Jerusalem, yet my wisdom stayed with me.

Ecclesiastes 3:17

I said in my heart: “The righteous and the wicked, God will judge. For there is a time for every activity and for every deed.”

Jeremiah 22:14

who says: “I will build myself a big house with spacious rooms and cut out my windows for it, and panel it with cedar, and paint it with vermilion!

Daniel 4:30

Immediately the word about Ne­buchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from men, ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for the mature, who through practice have their senses trained to discern both good and evil.