Ecclesiastes 7:16

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Therfore be thou nether to rightuous ner ouer wyse, yt thou perish not:

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  • Rom 12:3 : 3 For I saye thorow the grace yt is geue me, vnto euery man amonge you: that no man esteme off him selfe more, then it becometh him to esteme: but that he discretly iudge of himselfe, acordinge as God hath dealte vnto euery man the measure of faith.
  • Luke 18:12 : 12 I fast twyse in the weke, I geue the tithes of all that I haue.
  • Prov 25:16 : 16 Yf thou findest hony, eate so moch as is sufficiet for ye: lest thou be ouer full, & perbreake it out againe.
  • Phil 3:6 : 6 as concernynge feruentnes I persecuted the cogregacion: and as touchinge the righteousnes which is in the lawe, I was vnrebukable.
  • Col 2:18 : 18 Let no man make you shote at a wronge mark, which after his owne chosynge walketh in humblenes and spiritualtye of angels, thinges which he neuer sawe, and is vayne, and puft vp in his owne fleshly mynde:
  • Col 2:23 : 23 which thinges haue a shyne of wyssdome thorow chosen spiritualtie and humblenes, and in that they spare not the body, and do the flesh no worshipe vnto his nede.
  • 1 Tim 4:3 : 3 forbyddinge to mary, and comaundynge to abstayne fro the meates, which God hath created to be receaued wt geuynge thankes of them which beleue and knowe the trueth.
  • Jas 3:13-17 : 13 So can no fountayne geue bothe salt water and fresshe also. If eny man be wyse and endued with learnynge amonge you, let him shewe the workes of his good couersacion in meknes that is coupled with wissdome. 14 But yf ye haue bitter enuyenge and stryfe in yor hertes, reioyce not: nether be lyars agaynst the trueth. 15 This wissdome descendeth not from aboue: but is erthy, and naturall, and dyuelishe. 16 For where enuyenge and stryfe is, there is vnstablenes and all maner of euell workes. 17 But the wissdom that is fro aboue, is fyrst pure, the peasable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good frutes, without iudgynge, and without simulacion:
  • Rev 18:19 : 19 And they cast dust on their heades, and cryed wepynge, and waylinge, and sayde: Alas, Alas the greate cite, wherin were made ryche all that had shippes in the see, by the reason of her wares: for at one houre is she made desolate.
  • Eccl 12:12 : 12 Therfore bewarre (my sonne) that aboue these thou make the not many & innumerable bokes, nor take dyuerse doctrynes in hande, to weery thy body withall.
  • Matt 6:1-7 : 1 Take hede to youre almes, that ye geue it not in the syght of men, to the intent that ye wolde be sene of them: or els, ye get no rewarde of youre father which is in heauen. 2 When soeuer therfore thou geuest thine almes, thou shalt not make a trompet to be blowen before the, as the ypocrites do in the synagoges and in the stretes, for to be praysed of me. Verely I saye vnto you: they haue their rewarde. 3 But whe thou doest almes, let not thy lefte hande knowe, what thy righte hande doth; 4 that thine almes maye be secrete: and thy father which seith in secrete, shall rewarde the openly. 5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as ye ypocrytes are. For they loue to stode and praye in the synagoges, and in the corners of the stretes, to be sene of men. Verely I saie vnto you: they haue their rewarde. 6 But when thou prayest, entre in to thy chamber, and shut thy dore to the, & praye to thy father which is in secrete: and thy father which seith in secrete, shall rewarde the openly. 7 And when ye praye, bable not moch, as ye Hethen do: for they thinke that they shalbe herde, for their moch bablynges sake.
  • Matt 9:14 : 14 Then came the disciples of Ihon to hym sayinge: why do we & ye Pharises fast so oft: and thy disciples fast not?
  • Matt 15:2-9 : 2 Why do thy disciples transgresse ye tradicions of the elders? for they wash not their hodes whan they eate bred. 3 He answered & sayde vnto the: Why do ye transgresse the comaundemet of God, because of youre owne tradicios? 4 For God comaunded, sayege: Honoure father & mother: & he yt curseth father & mother, shal dye the death. 5 But ye saye: Euery man shal saye to father or mother: The thige yt I shulde helpe ye withal, is geue vnto God. 6 By this is it come to passe, that no man honoureth his father or his mother eny more. And thus haue ye made the comaundement of God of none effecte, for youre owne tradicios. 7 Ye ypocrites, full well hath Esaye prophecied of you, & sayde: 8 This people draweth nye vnto me wt their mouth, & honoureth me wt their lippes, howbeit, their hert is farre fro me. 9 But in vayne do they serue me, whyle they teach soch doctrynes as are nothinge but the commaundementes of men.
  • Matt 23:5 : 5 All their workes do they to be sene of men. They set abrode their Philateries, and make large borders vpon their garmentes,
  • Matt 23:23-24 : 23 Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises, ye ypocrytes, which tythe Mynt, Anyse and Commyn, and leaue the waightier matters of the lawe behynde: namely, iudgment, mercy, and fayth. These ought to haue bene done, and not to leaue the other behynde. 24 O ye blynde gydes, which strayne out a gnat, but swalowe vp a Camell.
  • Matt 23:29 : 29 Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises, ye ypocrites, which buylde the tombes of the prophetes, and garnysh the sepulcres of the righteous,
  • Matt 23:38 : 38 Beholde, youre habitacion shalbe left vnto you desolate.
  • Rom 10:2 : 2 For I beare them recorde, that they are zelous for Gods cause, but not wt vnderstondinge.
  • Rom 11:25 : 25 I wolde not that this secrete shulde be hyd from you brethre (lest ye shulde be wyse in youre awne cosaytes) that partly blyndnesse is happened vnto Israel, so longe tyll the fulnesse of the Heythen be come in,
  • 1 Cor 3:18 : 18 Let no ma disceaue himselfe. Yf eny man thinke himselfe wyse amoge you, let him become a foole in this worlde, that he maye be wyse.
  • 1 Cor 3:20 : 20 And agayne: The LORDE knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse, that they are vayne.
  • Gen 3:6 : 6 And the woman sawe that ye tre was good to eate of, and lustye vnto the eyes, and a pleasaunt tre to make wyse, and toke of the frute of it, and ate, and gaue vnto hir husbande also therof, and he ate.
  • Job 11:12 : 12 A vayne body exalteth him self, and the sonne of man is like a wylde asses foale.
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And vnto man he sayde: Beholde, to feare the LORDE, is wy?dome: & to forsake euell, is vnderstondinge.
  • Prov 23:4 : 4 Take not ouer greate trauayle and labor to be riche, bewarre of soch a purpose.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 7:17-23
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    88%

    17 be nether to vnrightuous also ner to foolish, lest thou die before thy tyme.

    18 It is good for the to take holde of this, & not to let yt go out of thy hande. For he yt feareth God shal escape them all.

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

    20 for there is not one iust vpo earth, yt doth good, & sinneth not.

    21 Take not hede vnto euery worde yt is spoken, lest thou heare thy seruaunt curse the:

    22 for thine owne hert knoweth, that thou thy self also hast oft tymes spoke euell by other men.

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

  • Eccl 7:13-15
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    13 Considre the worke of God, how that no man can make the thinge straight, which he maketh croked.

    14 Vse 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.

    15 These ij. thiges also haue I cosidred in ye tyme of vanite: yt the iust man perisheth for his rightuousnes sake, & the vngodly liueth in his wickednesse.

  • Eccl 7:9-11
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    9 Be not haistely angrie in yi mynde, for wrath resteth in the bosome of a foole.

    10 Saye 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.

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

  • Prov 3:7
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    7 Be not wyse in thine owne conceate, but feare ye LORDE and departe from euell:

  • Prov 23:4
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    4 Take not ouer greate trauayle and labor to be riche, bewarre of soch a purpose.

  • Eccl 7:4-7
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    4 The herte of ye wyse is in the mournynge house, but the hert of the foolish is in the house of myrth.

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

    6 For the laughinge of fooles is like ye crackynge of thornes vnder a pott. And yt is but a vayne thinge.

    7 Who so doeth wronge, maketh a wyse man to go out of his witt, and destroyeth a gentle hert.

  • Prov 14:12
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    12 There is a waye, which some men thinke to be right, but the ende therof ledeth vnto death.

  • 1 Cor 3:18
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    18 Let no ma disceaue himselfe. Yf eny man thinke himselfe wyse amoge you, let him become a foole in this worlde, that he maye be wyse.

  • Eccl 1:18
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    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 2:15-16
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    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.

    16 For 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.

  • Job 36:18
    70%

    18 For then shal not thy cause be stilled with crueltie, ner pacified with many giftes.

  • Jer 9:23
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    23 Morouer, thus saieth the LORDE: Let not the wise man reioyse in his wisdome, ner the stronge man in his strength, nether the rich man in his riches:

  • Prov 16:25
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    25 There is a waye yt men thinke to be right, but the ende therof leadeth vnto death.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3 Foolishnesse maketh a man to go out of his waye, & then is his herte vnpacient agaynst the LORDE.

  • Prov 27:1
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    1 Make not thy boost of tomorow, for thou knowest not what maye happen todaye.

  • Isa 5:21
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    21 Wo vnto them that are wyse in their owne sight, and thinke them selues to haue vnderstodinge.

  • Prov 26:4-5
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    70%

    4 Geue not the foole an answere after his foolishnesse, lest thou become like vnto him:

    5 but make ye foole an answere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne coceate.

  • Prov 11:4
    70%

    4 Riches helpe not in the daye of vengeaunce, but rightuousnesse delyuereth fro death.

  • Prov 25:27
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    27 Like as it is not good to eate to moch hony, euen so he that wyll search out hye thynges, it shal be to heuy for him.

  • Prov 1:32
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    32 for ye turnynge awaye of ye vnwyse shal slaye the, & ye prosperi of fooles shalbe their owne destruccio.

  • Prov 13:6-7
    2 verses
    69%

    6 Righteousnesse kepeth the innocet in the waye, but vngodlynesse shal ouerthrowe the synner.

    7 Some men are riche, though they haue nothinge: agayne, some me are poore hauynge greate riches.

  • Prov 24:15
    69%

    15 Laye no preuy waite wickedly vpon ye house of ye rightuous, & disquiete not his restinge place.

  • Eccl 7:25
    69%

    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.

  • Prov 10:2
    69%

    2 Treasures that are wickedly gotten, profit nothinge, but rightuousnesse delyuereth from death.

  • Eccl 11:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9 Be glad then (O thou yonge man) in thy youth, and lat thine hert be mery in thy yonge dayes: folowe the wayes of thine owne hert, and the lust of thine eyes: but be thou sure, that God shal bringe the in to iudgment for all these thinges.

    10 Pvt awaye displeasure out of yi hert, & remoue euell from thy body: for childehode and youth is but vanite.

  • Prov 14:8
    69%

    8 The wy?dome of him that hath vnderstondinge is, to take hede vnto his waye, but the foolishnesse of the vnwyse disceaueth.

  • Prov 17:26
    69%

    26 To punysh ye innocent, and to smyte ye prynces yt geue true iudgmet, are both euell.

  • Eccl 5:7
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    7 And why? where as are many dreames & many wordes, there are also dyuerse vanities: but loke yt thou feare God.

  • Eccl 1:15
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    15 The croked can not be mayde straight, & the fautes ca not be nobred.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12 The rightuous enfourmeth the house of the vngodly, but ye vngodly go on still after their owne wickednesse.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10 Delicate ease becometh not a foole, moch more vnsemely is it, a bonde man to haue ye rule of prynces.

  • Matt 7:1
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    1 Ivdge not, that ye be not iudged:

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