Ecclesiastes 7:24

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Ecclesiastes 7:22–26 · Berean Standard Bible

22 For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.

23 All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.

24 What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it?

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.

26 And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.

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Deuteronomy 30:11

For this commandment I give you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.

Deuteronomy 30:12

It is not in heaven, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will ascend into heaven to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’

Deuteronomy 30:13

And it is not beyond the sea, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’

Deuteronomy 30:14

But the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may obey it.

Job 11:7

Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?

Job 11:8

They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?

Job 28:12

But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?

Job 28:13

No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

Job 28:14

The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’

Job 28:15

It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.

Job 28:16

It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.

Job 28:17

Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.

Job 28:18

Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.

Job 28:19

Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.

Job 28:20

From where then does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?

Job 28:21

It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.

Job 28:22

Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’

Job 28:23

But God understands its way, and He knows its place.

Job 28:28

And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

Psalms 36:6

Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.

Psalms 139:6

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.

Isaiah 55:8

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.

Isaiah 55:9

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.

Romans 11:33

O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!

1 Timothy 6:16

He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.