TOPICAL BIBLE
Wisdom
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Ecclesiastes 2:4I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.Ecclesiastes 2:5I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.Ecclesiastes 2:6I made myself pools of water, to water from it the forest where trees were reared.Ecclesiastes 2:7I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem;Ecclesiastes 2:8I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—musical instruments, and that of all sorts.Ecclesiastes 2:9So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.Ecclesiastes 2:10Whatever my eyes desired, I didn’t keep from them. I didn’t withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.Ecclesiastes 2:11Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.Ecclesiastes 2:12I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly: for what can the king’s successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.Ecclesiastes 2:13Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness—and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.Ecclesiastes 2:15Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.Ecclesiastes 2:16For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!Ecclesiastes 2:17So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.Ecclesiastes 2:18I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.Ecclesiastes 2:19Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.Ecclesiastes 2:20Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.Ecclesiastes 2:21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.Ecclesiastes 2:22For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?Ecclesiastes 2:23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.Ecclesiastes 2:24There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.Ecclesiastes 2:25For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?Ecclesiastes 2:26For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.Ecclesiastes 7:11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.Ecclesiastes 7:12For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.Ecclesiastes 7:13Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?Ecclesiastes 7:16Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?Ecclesiastes 7:17Don’t be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?Ecclesiastes 7:18It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also from that don’t withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will come forth from them all.Ecclesiastes 7:19Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.Ecclesiastes 7:20Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good and doesn’t sin.Ecclesiastes 7:21Also don’t take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;Ecclesiastes 7:22for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.Ecclesiastes 7:23All this have I proved in wisdom. I said, “I will be wise;” but it was far from me.Ecclesiastes 7:24That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?Ecclesiastes 7:25I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.Ecclesiastes 8:1Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.Ecclesiastes 8:5Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.Ecclesiastes 8:16When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes),Ecclesiastes 8:17then I saw all the work of God, that man can’t find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won’t find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won’t be able to find it.Ecclesiastes 9:13I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me.Ecclesiastes 9:14There was a little city, and few men within it; and a great king came against it, besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it.Ecclesiastes 9:15Now a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.Ecclesiastes 9:16Then I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” Nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.Ecclesiastes 9:17The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.Ecclesiastes 9:18Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.Ecclesiastes 10:2A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, but a fool’s heart at his left.Ecclesiastes 10:3Yes also, when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.Ecclesiastes 10:10If the axe is blunt, and one doesn’t sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.Ecclesiastes 10:12The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.Ecclesiastes 12:11The words of the wise are like goads; and like nails well fastened are words from the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.Isaiah 2:3Many peoples shall go and say, “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of Yahweh, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” For out of Zion the law shall go forth, and the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem.Isaiah 5:21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!Isaiah 11:1A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit.Isaiah 11:2The Spirit of Yahweh will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh.Isaiah 11:3His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears;Isaiah 11:9They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth will be full of the knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.Isaiah 28:24Does he who plows to sow plow continually? Does he keep turning the soil and breaking the clods?Isaiah 28:25When he has leveled its surface, doesn’t he plant the dill, and scatter the cumin seed, and put in the wheat in rows, the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in its place?Isaiah 28:26For his God instructs him in right judgment, and teaches him.