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Ecclesiastes 7:25

I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.

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ASV

I turned about, and my heart was set to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of things, and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.

KJV

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:

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
סַבּ֨וֹתִֽיsa.Bo.tiI turnedH5437 →
אֲנִ֤י'a.NiIH589 →
וְלִבִּי֙ve.li.Bi<and> heart myH3820 →
לָדַ֣עַתla.Da.'atto knowH3045 →
וְלָת֔וּרve.la.Turand to examineH8446 →
וּבַקֵּ֥שׁu.va.Keshand to seekH1245 →
חָכְמָ֖הchokh.mahwisdomH2451 →
וְחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןve.chesh.Bonand an explanationH2808 →
וְלָדַ֙עַת֙ve.la.Da.'atand to knowH3045 →
רֶ֣שַׁעRe.sha'wickednessH7562 →
כֶּ֔סֶלKe.selstupidityH3689 →
וְהַסִּכְל֖וּתve.ha.sikh.Lutand the follyH5531 →
הוֹלֵלֽוֹת׃ho.le.LotmadnessH1947 →

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Proverbs 2:2if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,Ecclesiastes 10:13The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.Mark 7:22greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.Ecclesiastes 1:13And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!Proverbs 22:17Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—apply your mind to my knowledge—Joshua 7:13Get up and consecrate the people, saying, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Among you, O Israel, there are things devoted to destruction. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove them.Ecclesiastes 8:9All this I have seen, applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man lords it over another to his own detriment.2 Peter 2:3–9In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.Ecclesiastes 2:1–3I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be futile.Ecclesiastes 2:15So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.Ecclesiastes 2:12Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?Genesis 34:7When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.Ecclesiastes 3:16–17Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.Ecclesiastes 1:13–17And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!Ecclesiastes 7:27“Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation.Proverbs 26:11As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.Jeremiah 12:1–2Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?Proverbs 17:12It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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