Verse 1

Who is wise? who hath knowledge to make an aunswere? A mans wysdome maketh his face to shine: but vnshamefastnes putteth it out of fauour.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 28:50 : 50 A nation of a shamelesse and cruell countenaunce, whiche shall not regarde the person of the olde, nor haue compassion on the young:
  • Acts 6:15 : 15 And all that sate in the counsell, loking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had ben the face of an angell.
  • Prov 4:8-9 : 8 Make much of her, and she shall promote thee, yea if thou embrace her, she shall bryng thee vnto honour: 9 She shal beautifie thy head with manyfolde graces, and garnishe thee with a crowne of glory.
  • Exod 34:29-30 : 29 And when Moyses came downe from mount Sinai, the two tables of testimonie were in Moyses hande: when he came downe from the mount, Moyses wyste not that the skynne of his face shone, whyle he talked with hym. 30 And Aaron and all the chyldren of Israel looked vpon Moyses: and beholde, the skynne of his face shone, and they were afrayde to come nye hym.
  • Eccl 2:13-14 : 13 And I sawe that wisdome excelleth foolishnesse, as farre as light doth darknesse. 14 For a wise man hath his eyes in his head, but the foole goeth in darknesse: I perceaued also that they both had one ende.
  • Dan 2:28-30 : 28 But there is a God in heauen that reuealeth secretes, & sheweth the king Nabuchodonozor what is for to come in the latter dayes. Thy dreame and that whiche thou hast seene in thyne head vpon thy bed, is this. 29 O king, when thou wast in thy bed, thoughtes came into thy mynde what should come hereafter: so he that is the opener of misteries, telleth thee what is for to come. 30 As for me, this secrete is not shewed me for any wysdome that I haue more then any other liuing: but onely that I might shew the king the interpretation, and that thou mightest knowe the thoughtes of thyne owne heart.
  • Dan 2:47 : 47 The king aunswered Daniel, & sayde: Of a trueth your God is a God of gods, and the Lorde of kinges, and a reuealer of secretes, seing thou couldest reueale this secrete.
  • Dan 4:18-19 : 18 This is the dreame that I king Nabuchodonozor haue seene: therfore thou, O Baltassar, declare the interpretation therof, forsomuch as al the wyse men of my kingdome are not able to shewe me what it meaneth: but thou canst do it, for the spirite of the holy gods is in thee. 19 Then Daniel, whose name was Baltassar, held his peace by the space of one houre, and his thoughtes troubled him. So the king spake, and sayde, O Baltassar, let neither the dreame nor the interpretation thereof trouble thee. Baltassar aunswered, saying: O my Lord, this dreame be to them that hate thee, & the interpretation therof to thyne aduersaries.
  • Matt 17:2 : 2 And was transfigured before them, and his face did shyne as the sunne, and his clothes were as whyte as the lyght.
  • Acts 4:13 : 13 Nowe when they sawe the boldnesse of Peter and Iohn, and vnderstoode that they were vnlearned and lay men, they marueyled, and they knewe them that they had ben with Iesu:
  • Acts 4:29 : 29 And nowe Lorde, beholde their threatnynges, & graunt vnto thy seruauntes, that with all boldensse they may speake thy worde.
  • Job 33:23 : 23 Now yf there be a messenger, one among a thousande, sent for to speake vnto man, and to shew him the right way:
  • Prov 1:6 : 6 To vnderstande a parable, and the interpretation therof, the wordes of the wise, and their darke speaches.
  • Gen 40:8 : 8 They aunswered him: We haue dreamed a dreame, and haue no man to declare it. And Ioseph sayde vnto them: do not interpretinges belong to God? tell me I pray you.
  • Gen 41:15-16 : 15 And Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph: I haue dreamed a dreame, & no man can interprete it: & I haue heard say of thee that assoone as thou hearest a dreame, thou canst interprete it. 16 Ioseph aunswered Pharao, saying: Not I, but God shall geue Pharao an aunswere of peace.
  • Gen 41:38-39 : 38 Then saide Pharao vnto his seruauntes: May there be founde a man suche as this is, in whom the spirite of God is? 39 And Pharao saide vnto Ioseph: Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is no man of vnderstandyng or of wisedome lyke vnto thee.
  • Prov 17:24 : 24 Wisdome shineth in the face of hym that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of fooles wander throughout al landes.
  • Prov 24:5 : 5 A wise man is euer strong: yea a man of vnderstanding increaseth strength.
  • 1 Cor 2:13-16 : 13 Which thynges also we speake, not in the wordes which mans wisedome teacheth, but which ye holy ghost teacheth, comparyng spirituall thynges with spirituall thynges. 14 But the naturall man perceaueth not the thynges of ye spirite of God, for they are foolyshenesse vnto hym: Neither can he knowe them because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he that is spirituall, discerneth all thynges, yet he hym selfe is iudged of no man. 16 For who hath knowen the mynde of the Lorde, that he myght instruct hym? But we haue the mynde of Christe.
  • Eph 6:19 : 19 And for me, that vtteraunce may be geue vnto me, yt I may open my mouth freely, to vtter ye secretes of the Gospell.
  • 2 Tim 4:17 : 17 Notwithstandyng, the Lorde assisted me, and strengthed me, that by me the preachyng should be fulfylled to the vtmost, and that all the gentiles should heare, and I was deliuered out of the mouth of the Lion.
  • 2 Pet 1:20 : 20 So that ye first knowe this, that no prophesie in the scripture is of any priuate motion.