Ecclesiastes 9:15

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 4:13 : 13 A poore chylde beyng wise, is better then an olde kyng that doteth, and can not beware in tyme to come.
  • Gen 40:23 : 23 Neither dyd the chiefe butler remember Ioseph, but forgat hym.
  • 2 Sam 20:22 : 22 And then the woman went vnto all the people with her wisedome, and they smote of the head of Seba ye sonne of Bichri, and cast it out to Ioab: And he blew a trumpet, & they retyred from the citie, euery man to his tent: And Ioab returned to Hierusalem, vnto the king.
  • Esth 6:2-3 : 2 Then it was founde written howe Mardocheus had tolde that Bigthana & Theres the kinges two chamberlaynes which kept the thresholdes, sought to laye handes on king Ahasuerus. 3 And the king saide: What honour and dignitie hath ben geuen to Mardocheus therfore? Then saide the kinges seruautes that ministred vnto him: There is nothing at all done for him.
  • Eccl 2:16 : 16 For the wise are euer as litle in remembraunce as the foolishe: for the dayes shall come when all shalbe forgotten: yea the wise man dyeth as well as the foole.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Eccl 9:16-18
    3 verses
    87%

    16Then sayd I, wysdome is better then strength: Neuerthelesse, a simple mans wysdome is despised, and his wordes are not hearde.

    17A wyse mans counsayle that is folowed in scilence, is farre aboue the crying of a captaine among fooles.

    18For wysdome is better then harnesse: but one sinner alone destroyeth muche goodnesse.

  • Eccl 9:13-14
    2 verses
    82%

    13This wysdome haue I seene also vnder the sunne, and me thought it a great thing:

    14There 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.

  • Prov 28:11
    74%

    11The riche man thinketh hym selfe to be wise: but the poore that hath vnderstandyng can perceaue hym well inough.

  • Eccl 7:19
    74%

    19Wysdome geueth more courage vnto the wyse, then ten mightie men of the citie.

  • Eccl 2:14-16
    3 verses
    73%

    14For a wise man hath his eyes in his head, but the foole goeth in darknesse: I perceaued also that they both had one ende.

    15Then thought I in my mynde, yf it happen vnto the foole as it doth vnto me, what needeth me then to labour any more for wisdome? So I confessed within my heart that this also was but vanitie.

    16For the wise are euer as litle in remembraunce as the foolishe: for the dayes shall come when all shalbe forgotten: yea the wise man dyeth as well as the foole.

  • Prov 10:15
    72%

    15The riche mans goodes are his strong holde: but their owne pouertie feareth the poore.

  • Eccl 6:8
    72%

    8For what hath the wise more then the foole? What helpeth it the poore that he knoweth to walke with fooles before the lyuyng?

  • Eccl 4:13
    71%

    13A poore chylde beyng wise, is better then an olde kyng that doteth, and can not beware in tyme to come.

  • Prov 13:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7Some men make them selues riche though they haue nothyng: agayne, some make them selues poore hauyng great riches.

    8With goodes a man redeemeth his life: and the poore wyll not be reproued.

  • Job 17:10
    71%

    10As for al you, turne you and get you hence I pray you seeing I can not finde one wyse man among you.

  • Prov 21:22
    70%

    22A wyse man skaleth the citie of the mightie, & ouerthroweth the strength wherein they trusted.

  • Eccl 12:9
    69%

    9The preacher was yet more wyse, and taught the people knowledge, he gaue good heede, sought out the ground, and set foorth many parables:

  • Ps 41:1
    69%

    1To the chiefe musition, a psalme of Dauid. Blessed is he that considereth ye poore: God wyll delyuer hym in the tyme of trouble.

  • Prov 29:7-9
    3 verses
    69%

    7The righteous considereth the cause of the poore: but the vngodly regardeth no vnderstandyng.

    8Scornefull men bryng a citie into a snare: but wise men turne away wrath.

    9If a wise man contendeth with a foole: whether he be angry or laugh, there is no rest.

  • Eccl 2:21
    69%

    21Forsomuch as a man shoulde weery hym selfe with wisdome, with vnderstandyng and oportunitie, and yet be fayne to leaue his labours vnto another that neuer sweat for them: This is also a vayne thyng, and great miserie.

  • Job 28:12-13
    2 verses
    68%

    12Where then is wysdome founde? and where is the place of vnderstanding?

    13Ueryly no man can tell howe worthy a thing she is, neither is she found in the lande of them that lyue.

  • Prov 19:1
    68%

    1Better is the poore that liueth godly, then he that abuseth his lippes, and is a foole.

  • Job 32:9
    68%

    9Great men are not alway wyse, neither doth euery aged man vnderstande the thing that is lawfull:

  • Prov 12:8-9
    2 verses
    68%

    8A man shalbe commended for his wisdome: but a foole shalbe dispised.

    9He that is dispised and is yet his owne man, is better then the glorious that lacketh bread.

  • Eccl 8:17
    68%

    17I vnderstoode of all the workes of God, but it is not possible for a man to attayne vnto the workes that are done vnder the sunne: and though he bestowe his labour to seeke them out, yet can he not reach vnto them: yea though a wyse man would vndertake to know them, yet shall he not finde them.

  • Prov 27:12
    68%

    12A wyse man seing the plague, wyll hide hym selfe: as for fooles they go on styll and suffer harme.

  • Prov 3:13
    68%

    13Well is hym that findeth wysdome, and getteth vnderstandyng:

  • Eccl 9:11
    67%

    11So I turned me vnto other thinges vnder the sunne, & I sawe that in running it helpeth not to be swift, in battell it helpeth not to be strong, to feeding it helpeth not to be wyse, to riches it helpeth not to be a man of muche vnderstanding, to be had in fauour it helpeth not to be cunning: but that all lieth in tyme and fortune.

  • Prov 22:3
    67%

    3A wyse man seeth the plague, and hydeth hym selfe: but the foolishe go on still, and are punished.

  • Prov 14:33
    67%

    33Wisdome resteth in the heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng, and it shalbe knowen among them that are vnlearned.

  • Eccl 8:1
    67%

    1Who is wise? who hath knowledge to make an aunswere? A mans wysdome maketh his face to shine: but vnshamefastnes putteth it out of fauour.

  • Job 5:15
    67%

    15But he deliuereth the poore from the sworde, from their threatninges, and from the violence of the mightie.

  • Prov 1:5
    67%

    5The wise man wyll geue eare, and wyll come by more wisdome, and he that is endued with vnderstanding shal attayne vnto wise counsayles.

  • Prov 19:8
    67%

    8He that is wise loueth his owne soule, and kepeth vnderstanding, that he may prosper.

  • Prov 11:12
    67%

    12A foole slaundereth his neyghbour: but a wise man holdeth his peace.

  • Jer 9:23
    67%

    23Thus saith the Lorde: Let not the wise man reioyce in his wisdome, nor the strong man in his strength, neither the riche man in his riches:

  • Eccl 2:9
    67%

    9And I was greater and in more worship then all my predecessours in Hierusalem: For wisdome remayned with me.

  • Ps 49:10
    67%

    10For he seeth that wyse men dye: and that the foole and ignoraunt perishe together, and leaue their riches for other.

  • Eccl 9:1
    67%

    1For all these thinges purposed I in my mynde to seeke out: The righteous & wise, yea & their seruauntes also are in the hand of God, and there is no man that knoweth eyther loue or hate, but all thinges are before them.

  • Eccl 10:15
    67%

    15The labour of the foolishe is greeuous vnto them, whyle they know not howe to go into the citie.

  • Prov 24:5
    67%

    5A wise man is euer strong: yea a man of vnderstanding increaseth strength.

  • Job 32:13
    67%

    13Lest ye should say: We haue found out wisdome, God shall cast hym downe, and no man.

  • 2 Chr 9:5
    67%

    5And she sayde to the king: The saying which I hearde in myne owne lande of thyne actes and of thy wisdome, is true.

  • 2 Chr 9:23
    67%

    23And all the kinges of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to heare his wysedome that God had put in his heart.

  • Job 29:16
    67%

    16I was a father to the poore: and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently.