Verse 13

Well is hym that findeth wysdome, and getteth vnderstandyng:

Referenced Verses

• Eccl 9:15-18 : 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.
• 1 Kgs 10:23-24 : 23 And so king Solomon exceeded al the kinges of the earth both in ryches and wysdome. 24 And all the worlde resorted to Solomon, to heare his wysdome which God had put in his heart:
• Prov 4:5-9 : 5 Get thee wysdome, and get thee vnderstanding: forget not the wordes of my mouth, and shrinke not from them. 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserue thee, loue her, and she shall kepe thee. 7 The chiefe poynt of wysdome, is to possesse wysdome: and before all thy goodes to get thee vnderstanding. 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.
• Prov 8:32-35 : 32 Therefore hearken vnto me: O ye chyldren, blessed are they that kepe my wayes. 33 O geue eare vnto nurture, be wyse, and refuse it not: 34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching dayly at my gates, and geuing attendaunce at the postes of my doores. 35 For whoso findeth me, findeth life, and shall obtaine fauour of the Lorde.
• Prov 18:1 : 1 Who so hath an earnest desire to wysdome he will sequester him selfe to seeke it, and occupie him selfe in all stedfastnesse & sounde doctrine.
• Prov 2:4 : 4 If thou seekest for her as for siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures:
• 1 Kgs 10:1-9 : 1 And the queene of Saba hearing the fame of Solomon (concerning the name of the Lord) came to proue him with harde questions. 2 And she came to Hierusalem with a verie great trayne, with camels that bare sweete odours, and gold exceeding much, & precious stones: And she came to Solomon, and communed with him of al that was in her heart. 3 And Solomon declared vnto her all her questions, so that there was not one thing hyd from the king whiche he expounded not vnto her. 4 And the queene of Saba considered al Solomons wysdome, & the house that he had buylded, 5 And the meate of his table, and the sitting of his seruauntes, the order of his ministers & their apparell, & his drinke, and his burnt sacrifices that he offred in the house of the Lorde: and she was astonied. 6 And she sayde vnto the king: It was a true word that I hearde in myne owne land of thy sayinges, & of thy wisdome. 7 Howbeit I beleued it not, till I came & sawe it with myne eyes: And beholde, the one halfe was not tolde me: for thy wysdome and prosperitie exceedeth the fame which I hearde of thee. 8 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy seruauntes whiche stand euer before thee, and heare thy wysdome. 9 Blessed be the Lorde thy God, whiche loued thee, to set thee on the seate of Israel, because the Lorde loued Israel for euer, & made thee king to do equite and righteousnes.