Ecclesiastes 7:23

All this I have tested with wisdom. I said, "I will be wise!" but {it was beyond my grasp}.

Genesis 3:5

For God knows that on the day you [both] eat from it, then your eyes will be opened and you [both] shall be like gods, knowing good and evil."

And God said to him, "Because you have asked this thing and you did not ask for yourself {a long life} and you did not ask riches for yourself and you did not ask for the life of your enemies, but you have asked for yourself {the ability to make wise judgments};

1 Kings 11:1-8

King Solomon loved many foreign women: the daughter of Pharaoh, Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, Hittite;

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where [is] the wise person? Where [is] the scribe? Where [is] the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

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Summary

Ecclesiastes 7:23

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

I said

1 Corinthians 1:20

General references

Job 28:12

Bible References

I said

For God knows that on the day you [both] eat from it, then your eyes will be opened and you [both] shall be like gods, knowing good and evil."

King Solomon loved many foreign women: the daughter of Pharaoh, Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, Hittite;

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

Where [is] the wise person? Where [is] the scribe? Where [is] the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

General references

"But from where will wisdom be found? And {where in the world} [is the] place of understanding?

Ecclesiastes 7:23