Ecclesiastes 1:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

Communed

Daniel 4:30

Lo

2 Chronicles 9:22

Great experience of

Hebrews 5:14

General references

Ecclesiastes 2:9

Bible References

Communed

Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, "See, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not accepting from his hand what he brought. As the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him."

Be angry, and do not sin; ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah

I said,"Let me remember my song in the night; let me meditate in my heart." Then my spirit made a diligent search:

But he does not so intend, and his heart does not so think; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few;

who says, 'I will build myself a great house with spacious upper rooms,' who cuts out windows for it, paneling it with cedar and painting it with vermilion.

"Thus says the Lord GOD: On that day, thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme

and the king answered and said, "Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?"

Lo

So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me.

behold, I now do according to your word. Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you.

so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.

but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it. And behold, the half was not told me. Your wisdom and prosperity surpass the report that I heard.

Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people, for who can govern this people of yours, which is so great?"

Hiram also said, "Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son, who has discretion and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.

Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

Great experience of

But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.

General references

So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me.