Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
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Bible References
I said
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."
1 Kings 3:11
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
King Solomon loved many foreign women: the daughter of Pharaoh, Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, Hittite;
Romans 1:22
Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
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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Job 28:12
"But from where will wisdom be found? And {where in the world} [is the] place of understanding?