Ecclesiastes 1:16

Qohelet Introduces His Quest

¹⁵ That which is crooked, cannot be straight, - and, that which is wanting, cannot be reckoned. ¹⁶ Spake, I, in my heart, saying, As for me, lo! I have become great, and have gathered wisdom, beyond any one who hath been before me over Jerusalem, - and, my heart, hath seen much wisdom and knowledge: ¹⁷ yea I have given my heart, to know wisdom, and to know madness, and folly, - I know that, even this, is a feeding on wind.

Jerusalem

1 Kings 4:30

so that, the wisdom of Solomon, excelled, the wisdom of all the sons of the East, - and all the wisdom of the Egyptians,

Ecclesiastes 2:9

So I became great, and increased, more than any one who had been before me in Jerusalem, - moreover, my wisdom, remained with me;

1 Kings 3:12-13

lo! I have done according to thy word, - lo! I have given unto thee a wise and discerning heart, so that, like thee, hath been none, before thee, and, after thee, shall rise up none, like thee.

1 Kings 10:7

Howbeit I believed not the words, until that I had come and mine own eyes had seen, and lo! there had not been told me, the half, - thou dost exceed, in wisdom and prosperity, even the report which I heard!

1 Kings 10:23-24

So King Solomon became greater than any of the kings of the earth, - for riches and for wisdom.

2 Kings 5:20

Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said - Lo! my lord, hath restrained, this Naaman the Syrian, by not taking at his hand that which he brought! By the life of Yahweh, verily, I will runs after him, and accept of him, something.

2 Chronicles 1:10-12

Now, wisdom and knowledge, give thou unto me, that I may go out before this people, and may come in, - for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?

2 Chronicles 2:12

And Huram said, Blessed be Yahweh, God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth, - who hath given, unto David the king, a wise son, skilled in prudence and understanding, who will build a house for Yahweh, and a house for his kingdom.

2 Chronicles 9:22-23

And so King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth, - as to riches, and wisdom.

Psalm 4:4

Be deeply moved, but do not sin, - Ponder in your own heart upon your bed, and be silent. Selah.

Psalm 77:6

I remember my song in the night, - With my own heart, I commune, And my spirit, maketh search: -

Isaiah 10:7-14

But as for him, not so, doth he deem, And in his heart, not so, doth he think, - For, to destroy, is in his heart, And to cut off nations, not a few;

Jeremiah 22:14

Who saith - I will build me a roomy house, with spacious roof-chambers, - So he cutteth him open its windows, And it is covered in with cedar, And he painteth it with vermilion.

Ezekiel 38:10-11

Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh, - So shall it be in that day, that thoughts will come p on thy heart.- And thou wt devise a wicked device;

Daniel 4:30

the king spake and said, Is not, this, Babylon the great, - which, I myself, have built as the home of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the dignity of my majesty?

Hebrews 5:14

But, to such as are mature, pertaineth, the strong food, to them who, by reason of habit, have their organs of perception well trained for discriminating both good and evil.