Ecclesiastes 12:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And because the Preacher was wise he still gave the people knowledge; searching out, testing, and putting in order a great number of wise sayings.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 4:32 : 32 He was the maker of three thousand wise sayings, and of songs to the number of a thousand and five.
  • Prov 1:1 : 1 The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.
  • Prov 10:1 : 1 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
  • Prov 25:1 : 1 These are more wise sayings of Solomon, copied out by the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah.
  • 1 Kgs 8:12-21 : 12 Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a living-place, but your living-place was not seen by men; 13 So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present. 14 Then, turning his face about, the king gave a blessing to all the men of Israel; and they were all on their feet together. 15 And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to David my father, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying, 16 From the day when I took my people Israel out of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; but I made selection of David to be king over my people Israel. 17 Now it was in the heart of David my father to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 18 But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name; 19 But you yourself will not be the builder of my house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name. 20 And the Lord has made his word come true; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 21 In it I have made a place for the ark, in which is the agreement which the Lord made with our fathers, when he took them out of the land of Egypt.
  • 1 Kgs 10:8 : 8 Happy are your wives, happy are these your servants whose place is ever before you, hearing your words of wisdom.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 12:10-12
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    82%

    10 The Preacher made search for words which were pleasing, but his writing was in words upright and true.

    11 The words of the wise are pointed, and sayings grouped together are like nails fixed with a hammer; they are given by one guide.

    12 And further, my son, take note of this: of the making of books there is no end, and much learning is a weariness to the flesh.

  • Eccl 12:8
    76%

    8 All things are to no purpose, says the Preacher, all is to no purpose.

  • Eccl 1:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12 I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

    13 And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.

  • Eccl 1:16-18
    3 verses
    73%

    16 I said to my heart, See, I have become great and am increased in wisdom more than any who were before me in Jerusalem--yes, my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge.

    17 And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.

    18 Because in much wisdom is much grief, and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow.

  • Prov 9:9
    72%

    9 Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.

  • Eccl 7:25
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    25 I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.

  • Eccl 9:13
    71%

    13 This again I have seen under the sun as wisdom and it seemed great to me.

  • Eccl 8:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16 When I gave my mind to the knowledge of wisdom and to seeing the business which is done on the earth (and there are those whose eyes see not sleep by day or by night),

    17 Then I saw all the work of God, and that man may not get knowledge of the work which is done under the sun; because, if a man gives hard work to the search he will not get knowledge, and even if the wise man seems to be coming to the end of his search, still he will be without knowledge.

  • Eccl 1:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

    2 All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.

  • Prov 1:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5 (The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)

    6 To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.

  • Eccl 7:27
    71%

    27 Look! this I have seen, said the Preacher, taking one thing after another to get the true account,

  • Prov 8:12
    71%

    12 I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes.

  • Prov 1:2
    70%

    2 To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:

  • Eccl 9:15-17
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    15 Now there was in the town a poor, wise man, and he, by his wisdom, kept the town safe. But no one had any memory of that same poor man.

    16 Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing.

    17 The words of the wise which come quietly to the ear are noted more than the cry of a ruler among the foolish.

  • Eccl 2:26
    70%

    26 To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

  • Prov 18:15
    70%

    15 The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.

  • Eccl 2:11-16
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    11 Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

    12 And I went again in search of wisdom and of foolish ways. What may the man do who comes after the king? The thing which he has done before.

    13 Then I saw that wisdom is better than foolish ways--as the light is better than the dark.

    14 The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the foolish man goes walking in the dark; but still I saw that the same event comes to them all.

    15 Then said I in my heart: As it comes to the foolish man, so will it come to me; so why have I been wise overmuch? Then I said in my heart: This again is to no purpose.

    16 Of the wise man, as of the foolish man, there is no memory for ever, seeing that those who now are will have gone from memory in the days to come. See how death comes to the wise as to the foolish!

  • Eccl 2:21
    69%

    21 Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.

  • Eccl 2:9
    69%

    9 And I became great; increasing more than all who had been before me in Jerusalem, and my wisdom was still with me.

  • Eccl 9:1
    69%

    1 All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.

  • Eccl 2:19
    69%

    19 And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.

  • Prov 16:23
    69%

    23 The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.

  • Job 28:27
    69%

    27 Then he saw it, and put it on record; he gave it its fixed form, searching it out completely.

  • Eccl 2:3
    69%

    3 I made a search with my heart to give pleasure to my flesh with wine, still guiding my heart with wisdom, and to go after foolish things, so that I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under the heavens all the days of their life.

  • Eccl 7:11
    68%

    11 Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.

  • Eccl 7:19
    68%

    19 Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a town.

  • Prov 12:23
    68%

    23 A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.

  • Eccl 6:8-9
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    67%

    8 What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?

    9 What the eyes see is better than the wandering of desire. This is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

  • Eccl 7:4
    67%

    4 The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.

  • Prov 8:9
    67%

    9 They are all true to him whose mind is awake, and straightforward to those who get knowledge.

  • 2 Chr 9:23
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    23 And all the kings of the earth came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put into his heart.

  • Job 12:12
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    12 Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge.

  • Job 28:12
    67%

    12 But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

  • 1 Kgs 10:24
    67%

    24 And from all over the earth they came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.