Verse 5

A wise man is euer strong: yea a man of vnderstanding increaseth strength.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 21:22 : 22 A wyse man skaleth the citie of the mightie, & ouerthroweth the strength wherein they trusted.
  • Eccl 7:19 : 19 Wysdome geueth more courage vnto the wyse, then ten mightie men of the citie.
  • Col 1:11 : 11 Strenthened with all might, through his glorious power, vnto all patience and long sufferyng with ioyfulnesse:
  • Ps 84:7 : 7 They wyl set forward from a stoute courage to a stoute courage: that the God of Gods may be seene of them in Sion.
  • Prov 8:14 : 14 Counsell is mine, and direction, I am vnderstanding, and I haue strength.
  • Prov 10:29 : 29 The way of the Lord geueth courage vnto the godly: but it is a feare for wicked doers.
  • Eccl 9:14-18 : 14 There was a litle citie and a few men within it: so there came a great kyng and besieged it, and made great bulwarkes against it. 15 And in the citie there was founde a poore man, but he was wyse, whiche with his wysdome deliuered the citie, yet was there no body that had any respect to such a simple man. 16 Then sayd I, wysdome is better then strength: Neuerthelesse, a simple mans wysdome is despised, and his wordes are not hearde. 17 A wyse mans counsayle that is folowed in scilence, is farre aboue the crying of a captaine among fooles. 18 For wysdome is better then harnesse: but one sinner alone destroyeth muche goodnesse.
  • Isa 40:31 : 31 But vnto them that haue their trust in the Lorde, shall strength be increased: Egles winges shall growe vpon them, when they runne they shall not fall, and when they go they shall not be weerie.