Ecclesiastes 1:16

“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,

But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown, yet a wisdom not of this world nor of the rulers of this world who are coming to nothing.

Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom; and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

Yahweh magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and gave to him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

I will bless Yahweh, who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.

So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.

He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil and choose the good.

Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.

having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?”

behold, I have done according to your word. Behold, I have given you a wise and understanding heart; so that there has been no one like you before you, and after you none will arise like you.

Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.

Yahweh gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty together.

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.

Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions.

Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you.

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

but Abraham gave gifts to the sons of Abraham’s concubines. While he still lived, he sent them away from Isaac his son, eastward, to the east country.

“You shall not misuse the name of Yahweh your God, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.

the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but God’s ark dwells within curtains.”

Judah and Israel were numerous as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.

For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the nations all around.

However I didn’t believe the words until I came and my eyes had seen it. Behold, not even half was told me! Your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard.

All the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

He said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” When he had called her, she stood before him.

But he said, “As Yahweh lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none.” He urged him to take it; but he refused.

But there is a spirit in man, and the Spirit of the Almighty gives them understanding.

But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,

By Yahweh’s word, the heavens were made: all their army by the breath of his mouth.

Yahweh will command his loving kindness in the daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: a prayer to the God of my life.

A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish.

I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free.

For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

Pride goes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.

For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?

For he has said, “By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding. I have removed the boundaries of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures. Like a valiant man I have brought down their rulers.

Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride, will be like when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish. The counsel of the wisest counselors of Pharaoh has become stupid. How do you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?”

For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ that each one may receive the things in the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.

And on her forehead a name was written, “MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”

A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down, and will be found no more at all.

May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”

So it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites, the Amalekites, and the children of the east came up against them.

So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

Gehazi went ahead of them, and laid the staff on the child’s face; but there was no voice and no hearing. Therefore he returned to meet him, and told him, “The child has not awakened.”

He called Gehazi, and said, “Call this Shunammite!” So he called her. When she had come in to him, he said, “Take up your son.”

Then he said, “God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat stays on him today.”

But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from you, and we have given you of your own.

His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.

“Why aren’t times laid up by the Almighty? Why don’t those who know him see his days?

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”

They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.

Let them sing before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”

I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.

I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.

For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, his fruit was sweet to my taste.

His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears;

Therefore Yahweh says, “If you return, then I will bring you again, that you may stand before me; and if you take out the precious from the vile, you will be as my mouth. They will return to you, but you will not return to them.

“ ‘ “Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters. She also didn’t strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

“She increased her prostitution; for she saw men portrayed on the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with red,

therefore, behold, I will deliver you to the children of the east for a possession. They will set their encampments in you, and make their dwellings in you. They will eat your fruit and they will drink your milk.

In every matter of wisdom and understanding, concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters who were in all his realm.

He changes the times and the seasons. He removes kings, and sets up kings. He gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding.

Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers came in; and I told the dream before them; but they didn’t make known to me its interpretation.

Herds will lie down in the middle of her, all the animals of the nations. Both the pelican and the porcupine will lodge in its capitals. Their calls will echo through the windows. Desolation will be in the thresholds, for he has laid bare the cedar beams.

“Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies waste?

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

But refuse profane and old wives’ fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness.

having been reminded of the sincere faith that is in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.

The great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

standing far away for the fear of her torment, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For your judgment has come in one hour.’

Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east.

The Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is on the seashore for multitude.

God gave Solomon abundant wisdom and understanding, and very great understanding, even as the sand that is on the seashore.

But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought. As Yahweh lives, I will run after him, and take something from him.”

Huram continued, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, who would build a house for Yahweh, and a house for his kingdom.

Stand in awe, and don’t sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still.

I remember my song in the night. I consider in my own heart; my spirit diligently inquires:

Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.”

who says, ‘I will build myself a wide house and spacious rooms,’ and cuts out windows for himself; with a cedar ceiling, and painted with red.

The king spoke and said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”

But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.