For with great wisdom comes great frustration; whoever increases his knowledge merely increases his heartache.

So I was far wealthier than all my predecessors in Jerusalem, yet I maintained my objectivity:

I realized that wisdom is preferable to folly, just as light is preferable to darkness:

I have examined all this by wisdom; I said, “I am determined to comprehend this” – but it was beyond my grasp.

This is what I also observed about wisdom on earth, and it is a great burden to me:

Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner can destroy much that is good.

One dead fly makes the perfumer’s ointment give off a rancid stench, so a little folly can outweigh much wisdom.

If an iron axhead is blunt and a workman does not sharpen its edge, he must exert a great deal of effort; so wisdom has the advantage of giving success.

He is your constant source of stability; he abundantly provides safety and great wisdom; he gives all this to those who fear him.

Your wise men will be put to shame. They will be dumbfounded and be brought to judgment. Since they have rejected the word of the Lord, what wisdom do they really have?

The Lord is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom established the world. And by his understanding he spread out the skies.

He is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom fixed the world in place, by his understanding he spread out the heavens.

By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself; you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.

I thought to myself, “I have become much wiser than any of my predecessors who ruled over Jerusalem; I have acquired much wisdom and knowledge.”

You are to speak to all who are specially skilled, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, so that they may make Aaron’s garments to set him apart to minister as my priest.

God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment; the breadth of his understanding was as infinite as the sand on the seashore.

So the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he had promised him. And Hiram and Solomon were at peace and made a treaty.

She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your wise sayings and insight was true!

Everyone in the world wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom.

The rest of the events of Solomon’s reign, including all his accomplishments and his wise decisions, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of Solomon.