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Ecclesiastes 8 cross-references
Ecclesiastes 8 has 17 verses, which point to 234 other passages and are cited by 178. Below is the King James text of each verse with its strongest cross-references, ranked by OpenBible.info reader votes.
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Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.
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- Acts 6:15 — And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. 8 votes
- Deuteronomy 28:50 — A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young: 5 votes
- 2 Peter 1:20 — Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 4 votes
- 2 Timothy 4:17 — Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known,… 3 votes
- Acts 4:29 — And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak… 3 votes
- Acts 4:13 — Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men,… 3 votes
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- James 3:13 — Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with… 18 votes
- Acts 6:15 — And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. 9 votes
- Proverbs 17:24 — Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. 4 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:14 — The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one… 2 votes
Ecclesiastes 8:2
I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
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- Titus 3:1 — Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good… 5 votes
- Proverbs 24:21 — My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change: 5 votes
- 1 Peter 2:13–17 — Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; 4 votes
- Romans 13:1–5 — Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are… 4 votes
- 1 Kings 2:43 — Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with? 4 votes
- Ezekiel 17:13–20 — And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also… 2 votes
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- Titus 3:1 — Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good… 6 votes
- 1 Peter 2:17 — Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. 5 votes
- Romans 13:5 — Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. 5 votes
- 1 Timothy 2:2 — For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness… 3 votes
Ecclesiastes 8:3
Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
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- Ecclesiastes 10:4 — If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences. 9 votes
- Acts 5:8–9 — And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much. 3 votes
- Daniel 5:19 — And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him:… 3 votes
- Daniel 4:35 — And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army… 3 votes
- Proverbs 14:29 — He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. 3 votes
- Jeremiah 44:16–17 — As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. 2 votes
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- Ecclesiastes 10:4 — If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences. 11 votes
- Proverbs 30:32 — If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy… 2 votes
Ecclesiastes 8:4
Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
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- Romans 13:1–4 — Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are… 5 votes
- Job 9:12 — Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou? 5 votes
- Daniel 4:35 — And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army… 4 votes
- Proverbs 20:2 — The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. 4 votes
- Romans 9:20 — Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why… 3 votes
- Proverbs 19:12 — The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass. 3 votes
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- Hebrews 1:3 — Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the… 4 votes
- Proverbs 19:12 — The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass. 3 votes
- Esther 8:10 — And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on… 3 votes
- 2 Samuel 24:4 — Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and… 3 votes
Ecclesiastes 8:5
Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.
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- Hebrews 5:14 — But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses… 6 votes
- 1 Peter 3:13–14 — And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? 5 votes
- Philippians 1:9–10 — And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; 5 votes
- Romans 13:5–7 — Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. 4 votes
- Acts 4:19 — But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you… 4 votes
- Luke 20:25 — And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things… 4 votes
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- Ecclesiastes 3:1 — To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 48 votes
- James 3:13 — Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with… 11 votes
- 1 John 2:5 — But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. 5 votes
- 1 Corinthians 11:29 — For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the… 5 votes
Ecclesiastes 8:6
Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
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- Ecclesiastes 3:1 — To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 12 votes
- Ecclesiastes 3:17 — I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every… 10 votes
- Luke 19:42–44 — Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but… 4 votes
- Ecclesiastes 3:11 — He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can… 4 votes
- Luke 17:26–30 — And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 3 votes
- Ecclesiastes 7:13–14 — Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? 3 votes
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- Job 24:1 — Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? 6 votes
- Proverbs 15:22 — Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established. 3 votes
- Job 10:13 — And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee. 2 votes
- Ecclesiastes 3:17 — I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every… 1 votes
Ecclesiastes 8:7
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
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- Ecclesiastes 10:14 — A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him? 7 votes
- Matthew 24:50 — The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware… 4 votes
- Ecclesiastes 9:12 — For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are… 4 votes
- Ecclesiastes 6:12 — For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a… 4 votes
- Proverbs 24:22 — For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both? 4 votes
- Matthew 25:6–13 — And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 3 votes
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- Ecclesiastes 10:14 — A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him? 5 votes
- Ecclesiastes 3:22 — Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that… 5 votes
- Ecclesiastes 6:12 — For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a… 4 votes
- Ecclesiastes 8:16 — When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also… 2 votes
Ecclesiastes 8:8
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
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- Psalms 89:48 — What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave?… 12 votes
- Job 14:5 — Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that… 12 votes
- Hebrews 9:27 — And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: 7 votes
- Psalms 49:6–9 — They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 7 votes
- Isaiah 28:15 — Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the… 6 votes
- Ecclesiastes 3:21 — Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? 6 votes
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- Psalms 89:48 — What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave?… 9 votes
- Psalms 52:7 — Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and… 6 votes
- Psalms 49:9 — That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. 5 votes
- Isaiah 28:15 — Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the… 4 votes
Ecclesiastes 8:9
All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
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- Ecclesiastes 5:8 — If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province,… 7 votes
- Ecclesiastes 5:13 — There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their… 4 votes
- Ecclesiastes 4:7–8 — Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. 4 votes
- Ecclesiastes 7:25 — I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know… 3 votes
- Ecclesiastes 3:10 — I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. 3 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:14 — I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 3 votes
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- Proverbs 2:2 — So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; 5 votes
- Ecclesiastes 5:13 — There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their… 4 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:13 — And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this… 3 votes
- Ecclesiastes 8:16 — When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also… 2 votes
Ecclesiastes 8:10
And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.
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- Ecclesiastes 9:5 — For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a… 4 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:16 — For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days… 4 votes
- Proverbs 10:7 — The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. 4 votes
- Hebrews 10:38 — Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 2 votes
- Acts 6:13 — And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy… 2 votes
- Luke 16:22 — And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man… 2 votes
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- Ecclesiastes 9:5 — For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a… 8 votes
- Luke 16:22 — And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man… 6 votes
- Psalms 88:12 — Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 2 votes
- Psalms 34:16 — The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 2 votes
Ecclesiastes 8:11
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
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- Isaiah 26:10 — Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he… 23 votes
- Romans 2:4–5 — Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness… 21 votes
- Psalms 50:21–22 — These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as… 21 votes
- 2 Peter 3:3–10 — Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 12 votes
- Matthew 24:49–50 — And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 10 votes
- Psalms 10:6 — He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity. 9 votes
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- Psalms 50:21 — These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as… 11 votes
- 2 Peter 3:4 — And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as… 8 votes
- Psalms 55:19 — God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore… 6 votes
- Psalms 4:2 — O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after… 6 votes
Ecclesiastes 8:12
Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
Points to (25)
- Psalms 37:11 — But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. 15 votes
- Luke 1:50 — And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation. 12 votes
- 2 Peter 2:9 — The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of… 11 votes
- Ecclesiastes 7:15 — All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and… 10 votes
- Psalms 37:18–19 — The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever. 10 votes
- Isaiah 3:10–11 — Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 9 votes
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- Ecclesiastes 12:13 — Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole… 35 votes
- Matthew 10:28 — And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able… 27 votes
- Isaiah 3:10 — Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 25 votes
- Psalms 128:2 — For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. 18 votes
Ecclesiastes 8:13
But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
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- Ecclesiastes 6:12 — For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a… 6 votes
- Isaiah 3:11 — Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. 4 votes
- Job 14:2 — He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 4 votes
- Malachi 3:18 — Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him… 3 votes
- Isaiah 57:21 — There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. 3 votes
- 2 Peter 2:3 — And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long… 2 votes
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- Job 14:2 — He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 20 votes
- Isaiah 3:11 — Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. 10 votes
- Ecclesiastes 6:12 — For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a… 4 votes
- Psalms 144:4 — Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. 2 votes
Ecclesiastes 8:14
There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
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- Ecclesiastes 7:15 — All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and… 9 votes
- Malachi 3:15 — And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even… 5 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:14 — The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one… 5 votes
- Ecclesiastes 9:1–3 — For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their… 4 votes
- Psalms 73:12–14 — Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. 3 votes
- Psalms 73:3 — For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 3 votes
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- Job 27:12 — Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain? 2 votes
- 2 Chronicles 35:24 — His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they… 2 votes
- 2 Kings 23:29 — In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king… 2 votes
- 1 Kings 21:14 — Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead. 2 votes
Ecclesiastes 8:15
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
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- Ecclesiastes 2:24 — There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy… 8 votes
- Ecclesiastes 5:18 — Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of… 6 votes
- Ecclesiastes 3:12–13 — I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. 5 votes
- Ecclesiastes 9:7–9 — Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. 4 votes
- Ecclesiastes 3:22 — Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that… 4 votes
- 1 Timothy 6:17 — Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in… 3 votes
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- Ecclesiastes 2:24 — There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy… 13 votes
- Ecclesiastes 9:7 — Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. 10 votes
- Ecclesiastes 5:18 — Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of… 8 votes
- Ecclesiastes 2:1 — I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this… 5 votes
Ecclesiastes 8:16
When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
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- Ecclesiastes 2:23 — For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is… 4 votes
- Ecclesiastes 1:13 — And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this… 3 votes
- Psalms 127:2 — It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his… 3 votes
- Ecclesiastes 8:9 — All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time… 2 votes
- Ecclesiastes 8:7 — For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be? 2 votes
- Ecclesiastes 7:25 — I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know… 2 votes
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- Ecclesiastes 1:13 — And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this… 6 votes
- Proverbs 2:2 — So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; 5 votes
- Ecclesiastes 9:13 — This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: 4 votes
- Psalms 121:4 — Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. 4 votes
Ecclesiastes 8:17
Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
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- Ecclesiastes 3:11 — He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can… 9 votes
- Psalms 73:16 — When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; 6 votes
- Romans 11:33 — O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and… 5 votes
- Isaiah 40:28 — Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the… 4 votes
- Ecclesiastes 7:23–24 — All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. 4 votes
- Job 11:7–9 — Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? 4 votes
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- Ecclesiastes 3:11 — He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can… 34 votes
- Ecclesiastes 11:5 — As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with… 17 votes
- Psalms 73:16 — When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; 6 votes
- Mark 4:27 — And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. 3 votes