Ecclesiastes 7:11

Coverdale Bible (1535)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 11:7 : 7 The light is swete, & a pleasaunt thinge is it for the eyes to loke vpon the Sonne.
  • 1 Tim 6:17-19 : 17 Charge the which are riche in this worlde, that they be not proude, ner trust in the vncertayne riches, but in the lyuynge God (which geueth vs abundauntly all thinges to enioye them:) 18 That they do good: that they be rich in good workes: that they geue and distribute with a good wyll: 19 gatherynge vp treasure for them selues, a good foundacion, agaynst ye tyme to come, that they maye laye honde on eternall life.
  • Luke 16:8-9 : 8 And the lorde comended the vnrighteous stewarde, because he had done wysely. For the children of this worlde are in their kynde wyser, the the children of light. 9 And I saye vnto you: Make you frendes with the vnrighteous Mammon, yt whan ye shal haue nede, they maye receaue you in to euerlastinge Tabernacles.
  • 1 Kgs 3:6-9 : 6 Salomo saide: Thou hast done greate mercy vnto my father Dauid thy seruaunt. Like as he walked before the in faithfulnes and righteousnes, and in a true hert with the, & this greate mercy hast thou layed vp for him, and geuen him a sonne to syt vpon his seate, as it is now come to passe. 7 Now LORDE my God, thou hast made thy seruaunt kynge in my father Dauids steade: As for me, I am but a small yonge man, knowynge nether my outgoynge ner ingoynge. 8 And thy seruaunt is amonge the people whom thou hast chosen: which is so greate, that no man can nombre them ner descrybe them for multitude. 9 Geue thy seruaunt therfore an obedient hert, that he maye iudge thy people, & vnderstonde what is good & bad: for who is able to iudge this thy mightie people?
  • Prov 8:10-11 : 10 Receaue my doctryne therfore and not syluer, & knowlege more then fyne golde. 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 2:13 : 13 and I sawe, that wy?dome excelleth foolishnesse, as farre as light doth darknesse.
  • Eccl 9:15-18 : 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. 18 For wy?dome is better then harnesse: but one vnthrift alone destroyeth moch good.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 7:12
    82%

    12For wy?dome defendeth as well as moneye, and the excellent knowlege and wy?dome geueth life vnto him that hath it in possession.

  • Eccl 11:7
    78%

    7The light is swete, & a pleasaunt thinge is it for the eyes to loke vpon the Sonne.

  • Prov 4:7
    77%

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

  • Eccl 7:10
    77%

    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.

  • Eccl 7:19
    77%

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

  • Prov 8:10-12
    3 verses
    77%

    10Receaue my doctryne therfore and not syluer, & knowlege more then fyne golde.

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

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

  • Prov 3:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

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

    14for the gettinge of it is better then eny marchaundise of syluer, & the profit of it is better then golde.

  • Eccl 9:13
    76%

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

  • Prov 16:16
    75%

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

  • Prov 19:8
    75%

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

  • Eccl 2:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

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

    14For 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.

  • Eccl 7:14
    74%

    14Vse well the tyme of prosperite, and remembre the tyme of mysfortune: for God maketh the one by the other, so that a man can fynde nothinge els.

  • Job 12:12
    73%

    12Amonge olde personnes there is wy?dome, and amonge the aged is vnderstodinge.

  • Prov 1:5
    73%

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

  • Eccl 2:21
    73%

    21for so moch as a man shulde weery him self with wy?dome, with vnderstondinge and opportunite, and yet be fayne to leaue his labours vnto another, yt neuer swett for them. This is also a vayne thinge and a greate misery.

  • Prov 24:14
    73%

    14Euen so shall ye knowlege of wysdome be vnto yi soule, as soone as thou hast gotte it. And there is good hope, yee yi hope shal not be in vayne.

  • Prov 14:24
    73%

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

  • Eccl 1:18
    73%

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

  • Prov 13:22
    73%

    22Which their childers childre shal haue in possessio, for the riches of the synner is layed vp for ye iust.

  • 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 3:21
    72%

    21My sonne, let not these thinges departe from thyne eyes, but kepe my lawe and my councell:

  • Prov 2:10
    72%

    10Yf wy?dome entre in to thine herte, and yi soule delyte in knowlege:

  • Eccl 4:13
    72%

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

  • Eccl 1:16
    72%

    16I 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,

  • Prov 17:24
    72%

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

  • Eccl 2:26
    72%

    26he geueth vnto ma, what it pleaseth him: whether it be wy?dome. vnderstondinge, or gladnesse. But vnto the synner he geueth weerynes and sorow, that he maye gather and heape together ye thinge, yt afterwarde shalbe geuen vnto him whom it pleaseth God. This is now a vayne thinge, yee a very disquietnesse and vexacio of mynde.

  • Prov 21:20
    72%

    20In a wyse mans house there is greate treasure and plenteousnesse, but a foolish body spendeth vp all.

  • Eccl 7:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    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 13:11
    72%

    11Hastely gotte goodes are soone spent, but they that be gathered together with the hande, shal increase.

  • Eccl 7:1
    72%

    1A good name is more worth then a precious oyntment, and the daye of death is better the ye daye of byrth.

  • Prov 1:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2to lerne wy?dome nurtoure, vnderstondinge, prudence,

    3rightuousnesse, iudgment and equite.

  • 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 14:33
    72%

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

  • 2 Chr 1:12
    71%

    12wy?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.

  • Prov 20:21
    71%

    21The heretage that commeth to haistely at the first, shal not be praysed at the ende.

  • Prov 11:30
    71%

    30The frute of the rightuous is as the tre of life, a wyse man also wynneth mens soules.

  • Eccl 5:11
    71%

    11Where as many riches are, there are many also that spende them awaye. And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, sauynge that he maye loke vpon them with his eyes?

  • Prov 9:11
    71%

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

  • Eccl 1:3
    71%

    3For what els hath a ma, of all the labor yt he taketh vnder the Sonne?

  • Eccl 8:16
    71%

    16When I applied my mynde to lerne wy?dome, and to knowe the trauayle that is in the worlde (and that of soch a fashion, yt I suffred not myne eyes to slepe nether daye ner night)

  • Prov 14:18
    71%

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

  • Eccl 9:18
    71%

    18For wy?dome is better then harnesse: but one vnthrift alone destroyeth moch good.

  • Prov 19:14
    71%

    14House & riches maye a ma haue by ye heretage of his elders, but a discrete woma is the gifte of the LORDE.