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Ecclesiastes 7:25 Cross-References
Explore 17 cross-references for Ecclesiastes 7:25 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Ecclesiastes chapter 7 verse 25 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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: Heb. I and mine heart compassed”
Ecclesiastes 7:25 (KJV)
Commentary on Ecclesiastes 7:25
I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom (סַבּוֹתִי אֲנִי וְלִבִּי לָדַעַת וְלָתוּר וּבַקֵּשׁ חָכְמָה וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן, sabboti ani velibbi lada'at velatur uvaqesh chokhmah vecheshbon)—three verbs intensify the search: lada'at (to know), latur (to explore/investigate), uvaqesh (to seek). The term cheshbon means 'reckoning' or 'reason.' And to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness (וְלָדַעַת רֶשַׁע כֶּסֶל וְהַסִּכְלוּת הוֹלֵלוֹת, velada'at resha kesel vehasiklut holelot)—recognizing evil (resha), folly (kesel), foolishness (siklut), and madness (ho...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Ecclesiastes 7:25
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“The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.”
“sanctify the people”
“in the place of justice”
“madness”
“And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.”
“Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure; and behold”
“Yahweh”
“even to explore all this: that the righteous”
“and they were very angry”
“No”