Ecclesiastes 4:13

Coverdale Bible (1535)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 9:15-16 : 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.
  • Gen 37:2 : 2 And these are ye generacios of Iacob. Ioseph was seuetene yeare olde, wha he became a keper of the catell wt his brethren, & the lad was wt the children of Bilha & Silpa his fathers wyues, and tolde their father of ye euell reporte yt was of the.
  • 1 Kgs 22:8 : 8 The kinge of Israel saide vnto Iosaphat Here is yet a man, one Micheas the sonne of Iemla, at whom we maye axe of the LORDE: but I hate him, for he prophecieth me no good, but euell. Iosaphat sayde: Let not the kynge saye so.
  • 2 Chr 16:9-9 : 9 for the eyes of the LORDE loke rounde aboute all londes, to strength them yt are in him with all their hert. Thou hast done vnwysely, therfore shalt thou haue warre from hece forth. 10 But Asa was wroth at ye Seer, and put him in preson: for he murmured with him ouer this thinge. And Asa oppressed certayne of the people at ye same tyme.
  • 2 Chr 24:20-22 : 20 And the sprete of God came vpon Zachary the sonne of Ioiada the prest, which stode ouer ye people, & sayde vnto the: Thus sayeth God: Wherfore do ye transgresse the comaundementes of the LORDE, which shall not be to yor prosperite: for ye haue forsaken ye LORDE, therfore shal he forsake you. 21 Neuertheles they conspyred agaynst him, & stoned him at ye kynges comaundement in ye courte of the house of the LORDE. 22 And Ioas ye kinge thought not on the mercy yt Ioiada his father had done for him, but slewe his sonne. Notwithstondinge wha he dyed, he sayde: The LORDE shal loke vpon it, and requyre it.
  • 2 Chr 25:16 : 16 And whan he talked with him, the kynge sayde vnto him: Haue they made ye of the kynges councell? Ceasse, why wilt thou be smytten? Then the prophet ceassed, & sayde: I perceaue, that the LORDE is mynded to destroye ye, because thou hast done this, and herkenest not vnto my councell.
  • Prov 19:1 : 1 Better is the poore that lyueth godly, the the blasphemer that is but a foole.
  • Prov 28:6 : 6 A poore man ledynge a godly life, is better then the riche that goeth in frowarde wayes.
  • Prov 28:15-16 : 15 Like as a roaringe lyon and an hongrie beer, euen so is an vngodly prynce ouer the poore people. 16 Where the prynce is without vnderstondinge, there is greate oppression & wronge: but yf he be soch one as hateth couetousnesse, he shal longe raigne.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 4:14-15
    2 verses
    80%

    14Some one commeth out of preson, & is made a kynge: & another which is borne in the kyngdome, commeth vnto pouerte.

    15And I perceaued, yt all men lyuynge vnder the Sonne, go wt the seconde childe, that commeth vp in the steade of the other.

  • Eccl 9:15-17
    3 verses
    76%

    15And 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.

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

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

  • Prov 19:1
    76%

    1Better is the poore that lyueth godly, the the blasphemer that is but a foole.

  • Eccl 7:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4The herte of ye wyse is in the mournynge house, but the hert of the foolish is in the house of myrth.

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

  • Prov 15:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20A wyse sonne maketh a glad father, but an vndiscrete body shameth his mother.

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

  • Prov 17:24-25
    2 verses
    75%

    24Wy?dome shyneth in ye face of him yt hath vnderstondinge, but ye eyes of fooles wandre thorow out all lodes.

    25An vndiscrete sonne is a grefe vnto his father, and heuynesse vnto his mother yt bare him.

  • Prov 15:5
    75%

    5A foole despyseth his fathers correccion, but he yt taketh hede whan he is reproued, shal haue ye more vnderstodinge.

  • Prov 10:1
    74%

    1These are prouerbes of Salomon. A wyse sonne maketh a glad father, but an vndiscrete sonne is the heuynesse of his mother.

  • Prov 22:15
    74%

    15Foolishnes sticketh in the herte of ye lad, but ye rod of correccion driueth it awaye.

  • Prov 29:15
    74%

    15The rodde and correccion mynistre wy?dome, but yf a childe be not loked vnto, he bryngeth his mother to shame.

  • Prov 28:6-7
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    74%

    6A poore man ledynge a godly life, is better then the riche that goeth in frowarde wayes.

    7Whoso kepeth the lawe, is a childe of vnderstondinge: but he yt fedeth ryotous men, shameth his father.

  • Prov 17:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6Childers children are a worshipe vnto the elders, and the fathers are the honor of the children.

    7An eloquent speach becometh not a foole, a dyssemblinge mouth also besemeth not a prynce.

  • Prov 13:1
    74%

    1A wyse sonne wyll receaue his fathers warnynge, but he yt is scornefull, wyll not heare when he is reproued.

  • Eccl 10:16
    73%

    16Wo be vnto the (O thou realme and londe) whose kynge is but a childe, and whose prynces are early at their banckettes.

  • Prov 17:2
    73%

    2A discrete seruaut shal haue more rule then the sonnes yt haue no wysdome, and shal haue like heretage wt the brethren.

  • Eccl 4:3
    73%

    3yee him that is yet vnborne to be better at ease the they both, because he seith not the miserable workes that are done vnder the Sonne.

  • Prov 19:10
    73%

    10Delicate ease becometh not a foole, moch more vnsemely is it, a bonde man to haue ye rule of prynces.

  • Prov 14:24
    73%

    24Riches are an ornament vnto the wyse, but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse.

  • Prov 16:16
    73%

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

  • Prov 17:21
    73%

    21An vnwyse body bryngeth himselfe in to sorowe, and ye father of a foole can haue no ioye.

  • Eccl 7:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10Saye not thou: What is the cause that ye dayes of ye olde tyme were better, then they yt be now? for that were no wyse question.

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

  • Prov 29:20
    72%

    20Yf thou seyst a man that is haistie to speake vnaduysed, thou mayest trust a foole more then him.

  • Prov 22:6
    72%

    6Yf thou teachest a childe in his youth what waye he shulde go, he shall not leaue it when he is olde.

  • Prov 1:5
    72%

    5By hearinge, the wyse ma shal come by more wysdome: and by experience,

  • Eccl 6:8
    72%

    8For what hath the wyse more then the foole? What helpeth it the poore, that he knoweth to walke before the lyuynge?

  • Prov 3:13
    72%

    13Well is him that fyndeth wy?dome, & opteyneth vnderstondinge,

  • Prov 14:33
    72%

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

  • Prov 23:24
    72%

    24(for a righteous father is maruelous glad of a wyse sonne, & delyteth in hi)

  • Isa 3:4
    72%

    4And I shal geue you children to be youre prynces (saieth the LORDE) and babes shall haue the rule of you.

  • Prov 14:18
    71%

    18The ignoraut haue foolishnes in possessio, but the wyse are crowned with knowlege.

  • Prov 28:11
    71%

    11The rich man thynketh him self to be wyse, but the poore that hath vnderstondinge, ca perceaue him wel ynough.

  • Prov 4:1
    71%

    1Heare (O ye children) the fatherly exortacio, & take good hede, that ye maye lerne wy?dome.

  • Prov 27:11
    71%

    11My sonne, be wyse, and thou shalt make me a glad herte: so that I shal make answere vnto my rebukers.

  • Prov 30:22
    71%

    22Thorow a seruaut yt beareth rule, thorow a foole yt hath greate riches,

  • Prov 17:10
    71%

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

  • Prov 17:16
    71%

    16What helpeth it to geue a foole money in his hode, where as he hath no mynde to bye wy?dome?

  • Eccl 2:13
    71%

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

  • Job 32:9
    71%

    9All men are not wyse, nether doth euery aged man vnderstonde the thinge that is laufull.

  • Eccl 2:16
    71%

    16For the wyse are euer as litle in remembraunce as the foolish, and all the dayes for to come shalbe forgotten, yee the wyse man dyeth as well as ye foole.

  • Prov 19:13
    71%

    13An vndiscrete sonne is ye heuynes of his father, & a braulynge wife is like the topp of an house, where thorow it is euer droppynge.

  • Prov 13:18
    71%

    18He that thinketh scorne to be refourmed, commeth to pouerte and shame: but who so receaueth correccion, shal come to honoure.