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Wisdom
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Ecclesiastes 2:4I expanded my pursuits. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.Ecclesiastes 2:5I made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of fruit trees.Ecclesiastes 2:6I built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees.Ecclesiastes 2:7I acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me,Ecclesiastes 2:8and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.Ecclesiastes 2:9So I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me.Ecclesiastes 2:10Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.Ecclesiastes 2:11Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.Ecclesiastes 2:12Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?Ecclesiastes 2:13And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.Ecclesiastes 2:15So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.Ecclesiastes 2:16For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!Ecclesiastes 2:17So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.Ecclesiastes 2:18I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.Ecclesiastes 2:19And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.Ecclesiastes 2:20So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.Ecclesiastes 2:21When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.Ecclesiastes 2:22For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?Ecclesiastes 2:23Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.Ecclesiastes 2:24Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.Ecclesiastes 2:25For apart from Him, who can eat and who can find enjoyment?Ecclesiastes 2:26To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.Ecclesiastes 7:11Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.Ecclesiastes 7:12For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.Ecclesiastes 7:13Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?Ecclesiastes 7:16Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?Ecclesiastes 7:17Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?Ecclesiastes 7:18It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.Ecclesiastes 7:19Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.Ecclesiastes 7:20Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.Ecclesiastes 7:21Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.Ecclesiastes 7:22For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.Ecclesiastes 7:23All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.Ecclesiastes 7:24What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it?Ecclesiastes 7:25I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.Ecclesiastes 8:1Who is like the wise man? Who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.Ecclesiastes 8:5Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.Ecclesiastes 8:16When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night—Ecclesiastes 8:17I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.Ecclesiastes 9:13I have also seen this wisdom under the sun, and it was great to me:Ecclesiastes 9:14There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.Ecclesiastes 9:15Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.Ecclesiastes 9:16And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”Ecclesiastes 9:17The calm words of the wise are heeded over the shouts of a ruler among fools.Ecclesiastes 9:18Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.Ecclesiastes 10:2A wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.Ecclesiastes 10:3Even as the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking, and he shows everyone that he is a fool.Ecclesiastes 10:10If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.Ecclesiastes 10:12The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.Ecclesiastes 12:11The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd.Isaiah 2:3And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.Isaiah 5:21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.Isaiah 11:1Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.Isaiah 11:2The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.Isaiah 11:3And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,Isaiah 11:9They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.Isaiah 28:24Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?Isaiah 28:25When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots, and rye within its border.Isaiah 28:26For his God instructs and teaches him properly.