Löydetty 364 Tulokset: Divine Wisdom

• Both the stick and rebuke bring wisdom, while the spoilt child brings shame to his mother. (Proverbs 29, 15)

• I have not acquired wisdom or grasped the knowledge of the Holy One." (Proverbs 30, 3)

• I thought to myself, "See, I have increased and promoted wisdom more than anyone who ruled Jerusalem before me and I have experienced to the full both wisdom and knowledge." (Ecclesiastes 1, 16)

• I set my heart on comparing wisdom with foolishness and stupidity, and I discovered that this also is chasing the wind. (Ecclesiastes 1, 17)

• I thought of cheering my body with wine while my heart searched for wisdom. So I gave myself to folly in order to find out what would be good for man to do under the sun throughout his life. (Ecclesiastes 2, 3)

• I became great, surpassing all my predecessors in Jerusalem without losing wisdom. (Ecclesiastes 2, 9)

• I then decided to compare wisdom with folly and madness and I thought, "What will my successor as king do?" (We know what he did!) (Ecclesiastes 2, 12)

• I understood that wisdom is more profitable than folly, just as light is better than darkness: (Ecclesiastes 2, 13)

• And I thought, "If the fate of the fool will be mine as well, what did my wisdom profit me?" I thought to myself that, too, is meaningless. (Ecclesiastes 2, 15)

• I have achieved by my own efforts and wisdom: that too is meaningless. And I began to despair in my heart over all my labor under the sun. (Ecclesiastes 2, 20)

• For here was a man who toiled in all wisdom, knowledge and skill and he must leave all to someone who has not worked for it. This is meaningless and a great misfortune. (Ecclesiastes 2, 21)

• To the man who pleases him, he gives wisdom, knowledge and joy, while to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up what will be given to another who pleases God: this too is meaningless and chasing wind. (Ecclesiastes 2, 26)