Ecclesiastes 2:9

Coverdale Bible (1535)

(Shortly) I was greater & in more worshipe, then all my predecessours in Ierusale. For wy?dome remayned with me:

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  • 1 Chr 29:25 : 25 And ye LORDE made Salomon excellent & greate in ye sighte of all Israel, and gaue him soch a glorious kyngdome, as none had before him ouer Israel.
  • Eccl 1:16 : 16 I comoned wt myne owne herte, sayege: lo, I am come to a greate estate, and haue gotte more wy?dome, the all they yt haue bene before me in Ierusalem. Yee my hert had greate experiece of wy?dome & knowlege,
  • 1 Kgs 10:23 : 23 Thus was kynge Salomon greater in riches and wy?dome, then all the kynges vpo earth:
  • 2 Chr 1:1 : 1 And Salomon the sonne of Dauid was stablyshed in his kyngdome, and the LORDE his God was with him, & made him exceadinge greate.
  • 2 Chr 9:22-23 : 22 Thus was kynge Salomon greater then all the kynges vpon earth, in riches and wisdome. 23 And all the kynges of ye earth desired (to se) Salomons face, and to heare his wysdome, which God had geuen him in his hert.
  • 1 Kgs 3:12 : 12 beholde, therfore haue I done acordynge to thy wordes. Beholde, I haue geuen the an hert of wy?dome and vnderstondynge, so that soch one as thou hath not bene before the, nether shall ryse vp after the.
  • 1 Kgs 10:7 : 7 And I wolde not beleue it, tyll I came and sawe it with myne eyes: and beholde, the halfe hath not bene tolde me. hou hast more wy?dome and good, the the fame is that I haue herde.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 1:16-18
    3 verses
    86%

    16 I comoned wt myne owne herte, sayege: lo, I am come to a greate estate, and haue gotte more wy?dome, the all they yt haue bene before me in Ierusalem. Yee my hert had greate experiece of wy?dome & knowlege,

    17 for there vnto I applyed my mynde: yt I might knowe what were wy?dome & vnderstodinge, what were error & foolishnes. And I perceaued yt this also was but a vexacion of mynde:

    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 2:3-8
    6 verses
    81%

    3 So I thought in my herte, to withdrawe my flesh from wyne, to applye my mynde vnto wy?dome, and to comprehede foolishnes vntill the tyme that (amonge all ye thinges which are vnder ye Sonne) I might se what were best for men to do, so longe as they lyue vnder heauen.

    4 I made gorgious fayre workes, I buylded me houses, and planted vynyardes:

    5 I made me ortchardes and gardens of pleasure, and planted trees in them of all maner frutes.

    6 I made poles of water, to water ye grene and frutefull trees withall.

    7 I bought seruauntes and maydes, and had a greate housholde. As for catell and shepe, I had more substaunce of them, then all they yt were before me in Ierusalem.

    8 I gathered syluer & golde together, euen a treasure of kynges & londes. I prouided me syngers and wome which coude playe of instrumentes, to make men myrth and pastime. I gat me drynkynge cuppes also and glasses.

  • Eccl 2:10-15
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    10 & loke what so euer myne eyes desyred, I let them haue it: & wherin so euer my herte delyted or had eny pleasure, I with helde it not fro it. Thus my hert reioysed in all yt I dyd, and this I toke for the porcion of all my trauayle.

    11 But whan I considered all the workes yt my handes had wrought, and all the labours that I had taken therin: lo, all was but vanite and vexacion of mynde, & nothinge of eny value vnder ye Sonne.

    12 Then turned I me to considre wy?dome, erroure and foolishnesse (for what is he amonge men, that might be compared to me ye kynge in soch workes?)

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

    14 For a wyse man beareth his eyes aboute in his heade, but the foole goeth in the darknesse. I perceaued also that they both had one ende.

    15 Then thought I in my mynde: Yf it happen vnto the foole as it doth vnto me, what nedeth me then to laboure eny more for wy?dome? So I confessed within my harte, that this also was but vanite.

  • Eccl 1:12-13
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    12 I myself ye Preacher, beynge kynge of Israel & Ierusale,

    13 applyed my mynde to seke out & search for the knowlege of all thiges yt are done vnder heaue. Soch trauayle & labor hath God geue vnto ye childre of me, to exercyse the selues theri.

  • Eccl 9:13
    77%

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

  • 2 Chr 9:22-23
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    76%

    22 Thus was kynge Salomon greater then all the kynges vpon earth, in riches and wisdome.

    23 And all the kynges of ye earth desired (to se) Salomons face, and to heare his wysdome, which God had geuen him in his hert.

  • 2 Chr 1:12
    75%

    12 wy?dome therfore and knowlege be geuen the. Morouer, riches & good and honoure wyll I geue the, so that soch one as thou hath not bene before the amoge the kynges, nether shal be after the.

  • 1 Kgs 10:23-24
    2 verses
    75%

    23 Thus was kynge Salomon greater in riches and wy?dome, then all the kynges vpo earth:

    24 And all the worlde desyred to se Salomon, that they mighte heare the wy?dome which God gaue him in his hert.

  • Job 31:25
    75%

    25 Haue I reioysed because my substaunce was greate, and because my honde gat so moch?

  • 1 Kgs 3:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12 beholde, therfore haue I done acordynge to thy wordes. Beholde, I haue geuen the an hert of wy?dome and vnderstondynge, so that soch one as thou hath not bene before the, nether shall ryse vp after the.

    13 Yee and that thou hast not prayed for, haue I geuen the also, namely, ryches, and honoure, so that amonge the kynges in yi tyme there is not soch one as thou.

  • Eccl 2:19-20
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    73%

    19 for who knoweth, whether he shalbe a wyse ma or a foole? And yet shal he be lorde of all my labours, which I with soch wy?dome haue taken vnder the Sonne. Is not this a vayne thinge?

    20 So I turned me to refrayne my mynde from all soch trauayle, as I toke vnder the Sonne:

  • Eccl 2:1
    73%

    1 The sayde I thus in my hert: Now go to, I wil take myne ease & haue good dayes. But lo, that was vanite also:

  • Eccl 2:25
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    25 For who maye eate, drynke, or brynge eny thige to passe without him? And why?

  • 2 Chr 9:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5 And she sayde vnto the kynge: It is true that I haue herde in my londe of thy behaueoure and of thy wy?dome:

    6 howbeit I wolde not beleue their wordes, tyll I came my selfe, & sawe it with myne eyes: and beholde, the halfe of thy greate wy?dome hath not bene tolde me: there is more in ye then the fame that I haue herde.

  • Eccl 7:25
    72%

    25 I applied my mynde also vnto knowlege, and to seke out sciece, wisdome and vnderstondinge: to knowe the foolishnesse of the vngodly, and the erroure of dotinge fooles.

  • Eccl 7:23
    72%

    23 All these thinges haue I proued because of wy?dome: for I thought to be wyse, but she wente farther fro me

  • Ezek 28:4
    72%

    4 With thy wi?dome & thy vnderstodinge, thou hast gotte the greate welthynesse, and gathered treasure of syluer & golde.

  • Prov 8:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18 Riches & honoure are wt me, yee excellent goodes & rightuousnes.

    19 My frute is better the golde & precious stone, & myne encrease more worth then fyne syluer.

  • 1 Kgs 10:7
    71%

    7 And I wolde not beleue it, tyll I came and sawe it with myne eyes: and beholde, the halfe hath not bene tolde me. hou hast more wy?dome and good, the the fame is that I haue herde.

  • 1 Kgs 4:30-31
    2 verses
    71%

    30 so that the wy?dome of Salomon was greater then the wy?dome of all the children towarde the south and of all ye Egipcians.

    31 And he was wyser then all men, yee wyser then Ethan the Esrahite, Heman, Chalcal, and Darda, the sonnes of Mahol: and had a greate name amonge all the Heythe on euery syde.

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

  • 2 Chr 9:3
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    3 And whan the Quene of riche Arabia sawe the wy?dome of Salomon, and ye house that he had buylded,

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

  • 2 Chr 2:9
    70%

    9 to prepare me moch tymber: for the house that I wyl buylde, shalbe greate & maruelous goodly.

  • Prov 8:11-12
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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.

    12 I wysdome haue my dwellynge wt knowlege, and prudent councell is myne owne.

  • Prov 9:11
    70%

    11 For thorow me yi dayes shalbe prolonged, and the yeares of thy life shal be many.

  • Prov 8:31
    70%

    31 As for the roude copase of his worlde, I make it ioyfull, for my delyte is to be amoge the children of men.

  • Prov 8:14
    70%

    14 I can geue councell, and be a gyde: I haue vnderstondinge, I haue strength.

  • Eccl 9:16
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    16 Then sayde I: wy?dome is better then strength. Neuertheles, a symple mans wy?dome is despysed, & his wordes are not herde.