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7:18 It is best <02896> to take hold <0270> of one warning <02088> without <0408> letting <01571> go <03027> <03240> of the other warning <02088>; for <03588> the one who fears <03373> God <0430> will follow <0854> <03318> both <03605> warnings. 7:19 Wisdom <02451> gives <05810> a wise <02450> person more protection <05810> than ten <06235> rulers <07989> in a city <05892>. 7:20 For <03588> there is not one <0369> truly righteous <06662> person <0120> on the earth <0776> who <0834> continually does <06213> good <02896> and never <03808> sins <02398>. 7:21 Also <01571>, do not <0408> pay <05414> attention <03820> to everything <01697> <03605> that <0834> people say <01696>; otherwise, you might even hear <08085> your servant <05650> cursing <07043> you. 7:22 For <03588> you know <03045> in your own heart <03820> that <0834> you <0859> also <01571> have cursed <07043> others <0312> many <07227> times <06471>. 7:23 I have examined <05254> all <03605> this <02090> by wisdom <02451>; I said <0559>, “I am determined <02449> to comprehend <02449> this <01931>”– but it was beyond <04480> my grasp <07350>. 7:24 Whatever <04100> has happened <01961> is beyond <07350> human understanding; it is far deeper <06013> <06013> than anyone <04310> can fathom <04672>. 7:25 I <0589> tried <05437> to understand <03045>, examine <08446>, and comprehend <01245> the role of wisdom <02451> in the scheme of things <02808>, and to understand <01847> the stupidity <03689> of wickedness <07562> and the insanity <01947> of folly <05531>. 7:26 I <0589> discovered <04672> this: More bitter <04751> than death <04194> is the kind of woman <0802> who <0834> is like a hunter’s snare <04685>; her heart <03820> is like a hunter’s net <02764> and her hands <03027> are like prison chains <0612>. The man who pleases <02896> God <0430> escapes <04422> her, but the sinner <02398> is captured <03920> by <04480> her. 7:27 The Teacher <06953> says <0559>: I discovered <04672> this <02088> while trying to discover <04672> the scheme <02808> of things, item <0259> by item <0259>. 7:28 What <0834> I have continually <05750> sought <01245>, I have not <03808> found <04672>; I have found <04672> only one <0259> upright man <0120> among a thousand <0505>, but I have not <03808> found <04672> one upright <0428> woman <0802> among all <03605> of them. 7:29 This <02088> alone <0905> have I discovered <04672>: God <0430> made <06213> humankind <0120> upright <03477>, but they <01992> have sought <01245> many <07227> evil schemes <02810>.

• Ecc 7:19-22 -- Wisdom Needed Because No One is Truly Righteous
• Ecc 7:23-24 -- Human Wisdom is Limited
• Ecc 7:25-29 -- True Righteousness and Wisdom are Virtually Nonexistent

• Instruction

  [nave] INSTRUCTION From nature, Prov. 24:30-34; Eccl. 1:13-18; 3; 4:1; Matt. 6:25-30. See: Parables. From the study of human nature, Eccl. 3-12. By Object Lessons: The pot of maa, Ex. 16:32. The pillar of twelve stones at the f...
  

• Life

  [nave] LIFE. Index of Sub-topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-topics; Brevity and Uncertainty of; Everlasting; From God; Long; Spiritual. Miscellany of Minor Sub-topics Breath of, Gen. 2:7. Called Spirit of God, Job 27:3. Tree of,...
  

• Philosophy

  [nave] PHILOSOPHY The nature of things, Eccl. 1-7. A philosophical inquiry on wisdom, Job. 28. Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence, Job 5:8-20; 9; 10:2-21; 12:6-24; 33:12-30; 37. Reveals th...
  

• Wisdom

  [nave] WISDOM Of Joseph, Gen. 41:16, 25-39; Acts 7:10. Of Moses, Acts 7:22. Of Bezaleel, Ex. 31:3-5; 35:31-35; 36:1. Of Aholiab, Ex. 31:6; 35:34, 35; 36:1; of other skilled artisans, Ex. 36:2; of women, Ex. 35:26. Of Hiram, 1 K...
  

• Women

  [nave] WOMEN Creation of, Gen. 1:27; 2:21, 22. Named, Gen. 2:23. Fall of, and curse upon, Gen. 3:1-16; 2 Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 2:14. Promise to, Gen. 3:15. Had separate apartments in dwellings, Gen. 24:67; 31:33; Esth. 2:9, 11. Ve...
  

• Ignorance

  [nave] IGNORANCE. Job 8:9; Job 11:7, 8, 12; Job 28:12, 13, 20, 21; Job 36:26, 29; Job 37:5, 15, 16, 19, 23 Job 38; 39. Psa. 139:6; Prov. 7:6-23; Prov. 8:5; Prov. 9:14-18; Prov. 19:2; Prov. 20:24; Prov. 22:3 Prov. 27:12. Prov. 27:1...
  

• Depravity of Mankind

  [nave] DEPRAVITY OF MANKIND Gen. 6:5-8, 11-13; Gen. 8:21; Deut. 32:10; Job 4:17-19; Job 9:2, 3, 20, 29-31; Job 11:12; Job 14:4; Job 15:14-16; Job 25:4-6; Psa. 5:9; Psa. 14:1-3 Psa. 53:1-3. Psa. 51:5; Psa. 58:1-5; Psa. 94:11; Psa. 1...
  

• God

  [nave] GOD. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Access to; Compassion of; Creator; Creator of Mankind; Eternity of; Faithfulness of; Fatherhood of; Favor of; Foreknowledge of; Glory of; Goodness of...
  

• Quotations and Allusions

  [nave] QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS. In the New Testament from, and to, the Old Testament Matt. 1:23 Isa. 7:14. Matt. 2:6 Mic. 5:2. Matt. 2:15 Hos. 11:1. Matt. 2:18 Jer. 31:15. Matt. 3:3 Isa. 40:3. Matt. 4:4 Deut. 8:3; Luke 4:4. Matt...
  

• ANTHROPOLOGY

  [isbe] ANTHROPOLOGY - an-thro-pol'-o-ji: I. TERMS EMPLOYED II. NATURE OF MAN BIBLICAL CONCEPTION III. ORIGIN OF MAN FROM SCRIPTURE ACCOUNT: NARRATIVES OF CREATION IV. UNITY OF THE RACE: VARIOUS THEORIES V. EVOLUTIONARY THEORY AS TO...
  

• Perfection

  [nave] PERFECTION Ascribed to Noah, Gen. 6:8, 9; Jacob, Num. 23:21; David, 1 Kin. 11:4, 6; Asa, 1 Kin. 15:14; Job, Job 1:1; Zacharias and Elizabeth, Luke 1:6; Nathanael, John 1:47. Unclassified Scriptures Relating to Gen. 17:1; D...
  

• Net

  [nave] NET Of checker work, 1 Kin. 7:17. Hidden in a pit, Psa. 35:7, 8. Set for birds, Prov. 1:17; wild animals, Isa. 51:20. Fish caught in, Matt. 4:18-21; 13:47; Luke 5:4; John 21:6-11. See: Snare. Figurative Job 18:8; 19:6;...
  

• Righteous

  [nave] RIGHTEOUS. Index of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Contrasted with the Wicked; Described; Promises to, Expressed or Implied. Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics Compared with: The sun, Judg. 5:31; Matt. 13:43; sta...
  

• Servant

  [nave] SERVANT Distinguished as bond servant, who was a slave, and hired servant. Bond Laws of Moses concerning, Ex. 21:1-11, 20, 21, 26, 27, 32; Lev. 19:20-22; 25:6, 10, 35-55; Deut. 15:12, 14, 18; 24:7. Kidnapping forbidden, D...
  

• Madness

  [ebd] This word is used in its proper sense in Deut. 28:34, John 10:20, 1 Cor. 14:23. It also denotes a reckless state of mind arising from various causes, as over-study (Eccl. 1:17; 2:12), blind rage (Luke 6:11), or a depraved te...
  

• Sanctification

  [ebd] involves more than a mere moral reformation of character, brought about by the power of the truth: it is the work of the Holy Spirit bringing the whole nature more and more under the influences of the new gracious principles...
  

• Temptation

  [nave] TEMPTATION. Gen. 3:1-13; Gen. 20:6; Ex. 34:12 vs. 13-16.; Deut. 7:25; Deut. 8:11-14, 17, 18; Deut. 13:3; 1 Chr. 21:1; 2 Chr. 32:30, 31; Psa. 119:165; Prov. 1:10-17; Prov. 2:10-12, 16; Prov. 4:14, 15; Prov. 5:6-21; Prov. 6:2...
  

• Speaking

  [nave] SPEAKING. Evil Ex. 22:28; Job 19:18; Psa. 10:7, 8; Psa. 12:3, 4; Psa. 34:13; Psa. 35:21; Psa. 41:5-9; Psa. 52:2-4; Psa. 59:12; Psa. 64:2-5; Psa. 69:12, 26; Psa. 70:3; Psa. 102:8; Psa. 106:33; Psa. 119:23; Psa. 120:1-7; Psa...
  

• Mankind

  [nave] MANKIND. Index of Sub-topics Created; Created in the Image of God; Design of the Creation of; Dominion of; Duty of; Equality of; Ignorance of; Immortal; Insignificance of; Little Lower than the Angels; Mortal; Spirit; Stat...
  

• BAND

  [isbe] BAND - The English word has two generic meanings, each shading off into several specific meanings: (1) that which holds together, binds or encircles: a bond; (2) a company of men. The second sense may philologically and logi...
  

• What Is Wisdom?

  

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