Ecclesiastes 7:25

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:

I applied mine heart

Ecclesiastes 1:13

Ecclesiastes 2:1

The reason

Know

Proverbs 26:11

General references

Job 28:12

Bible References

I applied mine heart

I applied my mind to seek and to search by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. It [is] a grievous task God has given to {humans}.

I said {to myself}, "Come! I will test pleasure {to see whether it is worthwhile}." But look, "This also [is] vanity!"

The reason

"Look! I found this," said the Teacher, "while trying to find how the plan fits together.

I saw something else under the sun: instead of justice [there was] evil; instead of righteousness [there was] wickedness.

So all this I laid to my heart, and I concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, [are] in the hand of God. So no one knows anything that will [come] to them, whether [it will be] love or hatred.

You [will be] in the right, Yahweh, when I complain to you. Even so, let me speak [my] claims with you. Why does [the] way of [the] wicked succeed? All those who deal treacherously with treachery are at ease.

And in greediness they will exploit you with false words, whose condemnation [from] long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

above all knowing this, that in the last days scoffers will come with scoffing, following according to their own desires

Know

This [is] the {injustice} that is done under the sun: the same fate [comes] to everyone. Also the hearts of {humans} are full [of] evil; delusion [is] in their hearts during their lives, and then they die.

He begins by saying what is foolish and ends by uttering what is wicked delusion.

And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard [it]. And the men were distressed and very angry because he had done a disgraceful thing in Israel by having sexual relations with the daughter of Jacob--{something that} should not be done.

Get up, sanctify the people, and say, 'Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow. Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel: "[There are] devoted things in your midst, O Israel. You will be unable to stand before you enemies until you remove the devoted things from your midst."

Then Tamar said to him, "No, my brother! Do not force me, for such a thing has not been done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!

[May] a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring and not a fool in his folly.

Like a dog returning to his vomit [is] a fool reverting to his folly.

General references

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