Verse 23
Ecclesiastes 7:23
World English Bible, British Edition
23
All this I have proved in wisdom. I said, “I will be wise;” but it was
far from me.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כָּל זֹ֖ה נִסִּ֣יתִי בַֽ/חָכְמָ֑ה אָמַ֣רְתִּי אֶחְכָּ֔מָה וְ/הִ֖יא רְחוֹקָ֥ה מִמֶּֽ/נִּי
English Translation
All this I have tried with wisdom; I said, "I will be wise," but it was far from me.
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Chapter 7 Context
1
A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than
the day of one’s birth.
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2
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of
feasting; for that is the end...
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3
Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart
is made good.
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4
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools
is in the house of mirth.
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5
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the
song of fools.
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6
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the
fool. This also is vanity.
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7
Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the
understanding.
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8
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning.
The patient in spirit is better than the proud in s...
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9
Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom
of fools.
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10
Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do
not ask wisely about this.
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11
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent
for those who see the sun.
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12
For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency
of knowledge is that wisdom...
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13
Consider the work of God (Elohim), for who can make that straight which
he has made crooked?
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14
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider;
yes, God (Elohim) has made...
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15
All this I have seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous
man who perishes in his righteousnes...
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16
Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should
you destroy yourself?
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17
Don’t be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your
time?
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18
It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also don’t withdraw
your hand from that; for he w...
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19
Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in
a city.
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20
Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t
sin.
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21
Also don’t take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your
servant curse you;
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22
for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed
others.
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23
All this I have proved in wisdom. I said, “I will be wise;” but it was
far from me.
24
That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?
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25
I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and
to seek wisdom and the scheme of...
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26
I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares
and traps, whose hands are chains. Who...
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27
“Behold, I have found this,” says the Preacher, “to one another,
to find an explanation
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28
which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man
amongst a thousand, but I have...
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29
Behold, I have only found this: that God (Elohim) made mankind upright; but they
search for many inv...
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