Ecclesiastes 7:23

I have tested all this by wisdom. I resolved, “I will be wise,” but it was beyond me.

Romans 1:22

Claiming to be wise, they became fools

Genesis 3:5

“In fact, God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

1 Kings 3:11-12

So God said to him, “Because you have requested this and did not ask for long life or riches for yourself, or the death of your enemies, but you asked discernment for yourself to understand justice,

1 Kings 11:1-8

King Solomon loved many foreign women in addition to Pharaoh’s daughter: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the philosopher? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t God made the world’s wisdom foolish?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

General references

Bible References

I said

Genesis 3:5
“In fact, God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
1 Kings 3:11
So God said to him, “Because you have requested this and did not ask for long life or riches for yourself, or the death of your enemies, but you asked discernment for yourself to understand justice,
1 Kings 11:1
King Solomon loved many foreign women in addition to Pharaoh’s daughter: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women
Romans 1:22
Claiming to be wise, they became fools
1 Corinthians 1:20
Where is the philosopher? Where is the scholar? Where is the debater of this age? Hasn’t God made the world’s wisdom foolish?

General references

Job 28:12
But where can wisdom be found,
and where is understanding located?

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