Cross references

Ecclesiastes 7:23

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

Ecclesiastes 7:23 BSB

Ecclesiastes 7:23 has 5 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Romans 1:22 (6 votes) and Genesis 3:5 (3 votes). 5 other verses point back to it. It links with 5 other books, from Genesis 3 to 1 Corinthians 1.

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Which verses does Ecclesiastes 7:23 point to?

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  1. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,

  2. “For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

  3. Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

  4. So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this instead of requesting long life or wealth for yourself or death for your enemies—but you have asked for discernment to administer justice— behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been another like you, nor will there ever be.

  5. King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. …

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 7:23?

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