Ecclesiastes 9:18

Coverdale Bible (1535)

For wy?dome is better then harnesse: but one vnthrift alone destroyeth moch good.

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  • Josh 7:1 : 1 But the children of Israel had comytted a sinne in the thinge yt was damned: for Achan the sonne of Charmi the sonne of Sabdi the sonne of Serah, of ye trybe of Iuda, toke some of it yt was daned. Then was the wrath of the LORDE fearce ouer the children of Israel.
  • Josh 7:5 : 5 and they of Hai smote vpon a syxe and thyrtie men of them, and chaced them from the porte vnto Sebarim, and smote them downe the waye. Then was the hert of the people discoraged, and became like water.
  • Josh 7:11-12 : 11 Israel hath offended, and trasgressed ouer my couenaunt, which I commaunded the. They haue taken also of the thinge that was damned, and haue stollen, and dyssembled, and layed it amonge their ornamentes. 12 The children of Israel are not able to stonde before their aduersaries, but must turne their backes vpon their enemies: for they are a cursed. I wyll no more be with you from hece forth yf ye put not out the damned from amonge you.
  • Eccl 9:16 : 16 Then sayde I: wy?dome is better then strength. Neuertheles, a symple mans wy?dome is despysed, & his wordes are not herde.
  • 2 Thess 2:8-9 : 8 And then shal that wicked be vttered, whom the LORDE shal cosume with ye sprete of his mouth, & shal destroye with the appearaunce of his commynge: 9 euen him, whose commynge is after the workynge of Sathan with all lyenge power, and signes and wonders, 10 and with all deceauablenes of vnrighteousnes amonge them that perishe, because they receaued not the loue of ye trueth, that they might haue bene saued. 11 Therfore shal God sende them stroge delusion, that they shulde beleue lyes, 12 yt all they might be daned, which beleued not the trueth, but had pleasure in vnrighteousnes.
  • 2 Tim 2:16-18 : 16 As for vngoostly and vayne talkynges, eschue them: for they helpe moch to vngodlynes, 17 and their worde fretteth as doth a canker: Of whose nombre is Hymeneos & Philetus, 18 which as concernynge the trueth haue erred, sayenge, that the resurreccion is past allready, and haue destroyed the faith of dyuerse personnes.
  • 2 Tim 3:8 : 8 But like as Iamnes and Iabres withstode Moses, euen so do these also resist the trueth: me they are of corrupte myndes, and lewde as cocernynge ye faith:
  • 2 Tim 4:3-4 : 3 For the tyme wil come, whan they shal not suffre wholsome doctryne, but after their awne lustes shal they (whose eares ytche) get them an heape of teachers, 4 and shal turne their eares from the trueth, and shalbe geuen vnto fables.
  • Titus 1:10-11 : 10 For there are many dishobedient, and talkers of vanite, and disceauers of myndes: namely they of the circucision, 11 whose mouthes must be stopped: which peruerte whole houses, teachinge thinges which they oughte not, because of filthye lucre.
  • Heb 12:15-16 : 15 ad loke well, that no ma be destitute of the grace of God, lest there sprynge vp eny bytter rote, and cause disquyetnes, and therby many be defyled: 16 that there be no whoremonger, or vncleane person, as Esau, which for one meate sake solde his byrth righte.
  • Josh 22:20 : 20 Did not Achan the sonne of Serah trespace in the thinge that was damned, and the wrath came ouer ye whole congregacion of Israel and he wente not downe alone for his mysdede?
  • 1 Sam 14:28-29 : 28 Then answered one of the people, and sayde: Thy father hath charged the people, and sayde: Cursed be euery ma that eateth oughte this daye. Neuertheles the people were faynte. 29 Then sayde Ionathas: My father hath troubled the londe: Se how lighte myne eyes are become, because I haue taisted a litle of this hony.
  • 1 Sam 14:36-46 : 36 And Saul sayde: Let vs go downe after the Philistynes, by nighte, and spoyle them tyll it be cleare mornynge, that we let none escape. They answered: Do what so euer pleaseth the. But the prest sayde: Let vs go nye here vnto God. 37 And Saul axed at God. Shal I go downe here after ye Philistines? & wilt thou delyuer the in to Israels hande? Neuertheles he answered him not at that tyme. 38 Then sayde Saul: Let all the armyes of the people come hither, and make search and se, in whom is this synne at this tyme. 39 For as truly as God the Sauioure of Israel lyueth, & though it be in my sonne Ionathas, he shal dye. And no man answered him of all the people. 40 And he sayde vnto all Israel: Be ye on the one syde, I & my sonne Ionathas wyl be on this syde. The people sayde vnto Saul: Do as it pleaseth the. 41 And Saul sayde vnto the LORDE the God of Israel: Do thou that right is. The was Ionathas and Saul taken: but the people wente forth fre. 42 Saul sayde: Cast the lot ouer me and my sonne Ionathas. So Ionathas was take. 43 And Saul sayde vnto Ionathas: Tell me, what hast thou done? Ionathas tolde him, & sayde: I taisted a litle hony with the staff that I had in my hande, and beholde, must I dye therfore? 44 The sayde Saul: God do this and that vnto me, Ionathas thou must dye the death. 45 But the people sayde vnto Saul: Shulde Ionathas dye, that hath done so greate health in Israel this night? God forbyd. As truly as the LORDE lyueth, there shal not one heer of his heade fall vpon ye earth: for with God hath he wroughte at this tyme. So the people delyuered Ionathas, that he dyed not. 46 Then wente Saul vp from the Philistynes: and the Philistynes wente vnto their place.
  • 2 Sam 20:1-2 : 1 There was a famous man of Belial there, whose name was Seba ye sonne of Bichri, a ma of Iemini, which blewe the trompe, and sayde: We haue no porcion in Dauid, ner inheritaunce in ye sonne of Isai: let euery get him to his tent, O Israel. 2 Then fell euery man in Israel from Dauid, and folowed Seba the sonne of Bichri. But the men of Iuda cleued vnto their kynge from Iordane vnto Ierusale.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 9:15-17
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    15 And in the cite there was founde a poore man (but he was wyse) which wt his wy?dome delyuered the cite: yet was there no body, yt had eny respecte vnto soch a symple man.

    16 Then sayde I: wy?dome is better then strength. Neuertheles, a symple mans wy?dome is despysed, & his wordes are not herde.

    17 A wise mans councell that is folowed in sylence, is farre aboue the crienge of a captaine amoge fooles.

  • Eccl 7:19
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    19 Wy?dome geueth more corage vnto the wyse, then ten mightie men of the citie:

  • Eccl 1:18
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    18 for where moch wy?dome is, there is also greate trauayle & disquietnes: & ye more knowlege a man hath, the more is his care.

  • Eccl 9:13
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    13 This wi?dome haue I sene also vnder ye Sone, & me thought it a greate thinge.

  • Prov 19:8
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    8 He that is wyse, loueth his owne soule: and who so hath vnderstondinge, shal prospere.

  • Prov 10:19
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    19 Where moch bablinge is, there must nedes be offence: he that refrayneth his lippes, is wysest of all.

  • Prov 10:13-14
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    13 In ye lippes of him yt hath vnderstodinge a ma shal fynde wysdome, but ye rodde belogeth to ye backe of ye foolish.

    14 Wyse me laye vp knowlege, but ye mouth of ye foolish is nye destruccio.

  • Prov 8:11
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    11 For wysdome is more worth then precious stones, yee all the thinges that thou cast desyre, are not to be compared vnto it.

  • Eccl 7:11
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    11 Wy?dome is better then riches, yee moch more worth then the eye sight.

  • Eccl 7:5
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    5 It is better to geue eare to the chastenynge of a wyse man, then to heare the songe of fooles.

  • Prov 19:1-3
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    1 Better is the poore that lyueth godly, the the blasphemer that is but a foole.

    2 Where no discrecion is, there the soule is not well: and who so is swifte on fote, stombleth hastely.

    3 Foolishnesse maketh a man to go out of his waye, & then is his herte vnpacient agaynst the LORDE.

  • Prov 21:22
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    22 A wyse man wynneth the cite of the mightie, and as for the strength yt they trust in, he bryngeth it downe.

  • Prov 14:8
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    8 The wy?dome of him that hath vnderstondinge is, to take hede vnto his waye, but the foolishnesse of the vnwyse disceaueth.

  • Prov 10:23
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    23 A foole doth wickedly & maketh but a sporte of it: neuertheles it is wysdome for a man to bewarre of soch.

  • Prov 24:6-7
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    6 For with discrecion must warres be take in honde, and where as are many yt can geue councell, there is ye victory.

    7 Wy?dome is an hie thinge, yee eue to ye foole, for he darre not ope his mouth in ye gate.

  • Prov 3:13
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    13 Well is him that fyndeth wy?dome, & opteyneth vnderstondinge,

  • Prov 12:18
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    18 A slaunderous personne pricketh like a swerde, but a wyse mans tonge is wholsome.

  • Prov 20:18
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    18 Thorow councell the thinges that men deuyse go forwarde: & with discrecion ought warres to be taken in honde.

  • Prov 13:10
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    10 Amonge the proude there is euer strife, but amonge those that do all thinges with aduysement, there is wy?dome.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33 Wy?dome resteth in the herte of him that hath vnderstondinge, and he wyll teach them that are vnlerned.

  • Prov 29:8-9
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    8 Wicked people brynge a cite in decaye, but wyse men set it vp agayne.

    9 Yf a wyse man go to lawe with a foole (whether he deale with him frendly or roughly) he getteth no rest.

  • Prov 13:20
    69%

    20 He that goeth in the company of wyse men, shal be wyse: but who so is a copanyo of fooles, shal be hurte.

  • Prov 17:10
    69%

    10 One reprofe only doth more good to him yt hath vnderstodinge, then an C. stripes vnto a foole.

  • Eccl 4:13
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    13 A poore childe beynge wyse, is better then an olde kinge, that doteth, and can not bewarre in tyme to come.

  • Prov 16:16
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    16 To haue wy?dome in possession is better then golde, and to get vnderstondynge, is more worth then syluer.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11 A foole poureth out his sprete alltogether, but a wyse man kepeth it in till afterwarde.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6 Righteousnesse kepeth the innocet in the waye, but vngodlynesse shal ouerthrowe the synner.

  • Prov 14:17
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    17 An vnpacient man handeleth foolishly, but he that is well aduysed, doth other wayes.

  • Eccl 2:13
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    13 and I sawe, that wy?dome excelleth foolishnesse, as farre as light doth darknesse.

  • Prov 15:1
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    1 A softe aswere putteth downe displeasure, but frowarde wordes prouoke vnto anger.

  • Eccl 7:7
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    7 Who so doeth wronge, maketh a wyse man to go out of his witt, and destroyeth a gentle hert.

  • Prov 14:29
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    29 Pacience is a token of wi?dome, but wrath and haistie displeasure is a token of foolishnesse.

  • Prov 18:15
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    15 A wyse herte laboureth for knowlege, and a prudent eare seketh vnderstondinge.

  • Eccl 10:9-10
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    9 Who so remoueth stones, shall haue trauayle withall: and he that heweth wod, shalbe hurt therwith.

    10 When an yron is blont, and ye poynt not sharpened, it must be whett againe, and that with might: Euen so doth wi?dome folowe diligence.

  • Prov 11:12
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    12 A foole bryngeth vp a slaunder of his neghboure, but a wyse man wil kepe it secrete.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16 A small thinge yt the rightuous hath, is better then greate riches of the vngodly.

  • Prov 13:15-16
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    15 Good vnderstondinge geueth fauoure, but harde is the waye of the despysers.

    16 A wyse man doth all thinges with discrecion, but a foole wil declare his foly.

  • Prov 4:7
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    7 The chefe poynte of wy?dome is, that thou be wyllynge to opteyne wy?dome, and before all thy goodes to get the vnderstondynge.

  • Prov 18:1
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    1 Who so hath pleasure to sowe discorde, piketh a quarell in euery thinge.

  • Job 17:10
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    10 As for you, turne you, & get you hence, for I can not se one wyse ma amonge you.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21 A foole reioyseth in foolish thinges, but a wyse man loketh well to his owne goinges.