Ecclesiastes 7:19

Coverdale Bible (1535)

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

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  • Prov 21:22 : 22 A wyse man wynneth the cite of the mightie, and as for the strength yt they trust in, he bryngeth it downe.
  • Prov 24:5 : 5 A wyse ma is stroge, yee a ma of vnderstodinge is better, the he yt is mightie of stregth.
  • Eccl 9:13-18 : 13 This wi?dome haue I sene also vnder ye Sone, & me thought it a greate thinge. 14 There was a litle cite, & a few me within it: so there came a greate kynge & beseged it, & made greate bulworkes agaynst it. 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.
  • Col 1:9-9 : 9 For this cause we also, sence the daye yt we herde of it, ceasse not to praye for you, & desyre that ye mighte be fulfylled with the knowlege of his will, in all wyssdome and spirituall vnderstondinge, 10 that ye mighte walke worthy off the LORDE, to please him in all thinges, and to be frutefull in all good workes, and growe in the knowlege of God: 11 & to be strengthed wt all power acordinge to the mighte of his glory, to all pacience and longsufferynge with ioyfulnes,
  • 2 Sam 20:16-22 : 16 Then cried there a wyse woma out of ye cite: Heare, heare, saye vnto Ioab that he come hither, I wyl speake with him. 17 And wha he came to her, the woman sayde: Art thou Ioab? He sayde: Yee. She sayde vnto him: Heare the wordes of thy handmayden. He sayde: I heare. 18 She sayde: The comonsayenge was somtyme: Who so wyll axe, let him axe at Abel, and so came it to a good ende. 19 This is ye noble and faithfull cite in Israel, and wilt thou destroye the cite and the mother in Israel? Why wilt thou swalowe vp the enheritaunce of the LORDE? 20 Ioab answered and sayde: That be farre, that be farre fro me, that I shulde swalowe vp and destroye. 21 The matter is not so, but a certayne man of mount Ephraim named Seba the sonne of Bichri, hath lifte vp him selfe agaynst kynge Dauid, delyuer him onely, and I wyl departe from the cite. The woman sayde vnto Ioab: Beholde, his heade shal be cast vnto the ouer the wall. 22 And the woman came in to all the people with hir wysdome. And they smote of the heade of Seba the sonne of Bichri, and cast it vnto Ioab. Then blewe he the trompe, and they departed from the cite, euery one vnto his tent. But Ioab came agayne to Ierusalem vnto the kynge.

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  • Prov 24:5-7
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    5A wyse ma is stroge, yee a ma of vnderstodinge is better, the he yt is mightie of stregth.

    6For with discrecion must warres be take in honde, and where as are many yt can geue councell, there is ye victory.

    7Wy?dome is an hie thinge, yee eue to ye foole, for he darre not ope his mouth in ye gate.

  • Prov 21:22
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    22A wyse man wynneth the cite of the mightie, and as for the strength yt they trust in, he bryngeth it downe.

  • Eccl 7:10-12
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    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.

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

    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 9:13-18
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    13This wi?dome haue I sene also vnder ye Sone, & me thought it a greate thinge.

    14There was a litle cite, & a few me within it: so there came a greate kynge & beseged it, & made greate bulworkes agaynst it.

    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.

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

  • Eccl 7:18
    76%

    18It 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.

  • Prov 8:14
    75%

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

  • Prov 4:7
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    7The chefe poynte of wy?dome is, that thou be wyllynge to opteyne wy?dome, and before all thy goodes to get the vnderstondynge.

  • Prov 9:1
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    1Wysdome hath buylded herself an house, and hewen out seuen pilers:

  • Prov 1:5
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    5By hearinge, the wyse ma shal come by more wysdome: and by experience,

  • Job 12:12-13
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    12Amonge olde personnes there is wy?dome, and amonge the aged is vnderstodinge.

    13Yee with God is wy?dome and strength, it is he that hath councell & foreknowlege.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wy?dome resteth in the herte of him that hath vnderstondinge, and he wyll teach them that are vnlerned.

  • Prov 8:11-12
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    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.

  • Job 17:9-10
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    73%

    9The rightuous wil kepe his waye, and he yt hath cleane handes, wil euer be stronger & stronger.

    10As for you, turne you, & get you hence, for I can not se one wyse ma amonge you.

  • Prov 3:13-14
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    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 10:10
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    10When an yron is blont, and ye poynt not sharpened, it must be whett againe, and that with might: Euen so doth wi?dome folowe diligence.

  • Prov 9:9-10
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    72%

    9Geue a discrete man but an occasion, & he wilbe the wyser: teach a rightuous man, and he wil increase.

    10The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wysdome, & the knowlege of holy thinges is vnderstondinge.

  • Eccl 7:4-5
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    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.

  • 1 Cor 3:19
    72%

    19For the wyssdome off this worlde is foolishnes with God. For it is wrytten: He compaseth the wyse in their craftynesse.

  • Eccl 8:1
    71%

    1where as no man hath wy?dome & vnderstodinge, to geue answere there vnto. Wy?dome maketh a mas face to shyne, but malice putteth it out of fauoure.

  • Isa 3:2
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    2ye captayne and the soudyare, ye iudge and the prophete, the wyse and the aged ma,

  • Prov 1:20
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    20Wy?dome crieth without, & putteth forth hir voyce in the stretes.

  • Prov 11:11
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    11When the iust are in wealth, the cite prospereth: but whan the vngodly haue the rule, it decayeth.

  • Prov 19:8
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    8He that is wyse, loueth his owne soule: and who so hath vnderstondinge, shal prospere.

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

  • Eccl 2:13
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    13and I sawe, that wy?dome excelleth foolishnesse, as farre as light doth darknesse.

  • Eccl 8:5
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    5Who so kepeth the commaundement, shall fele no harme: but a wyse mans herte discerneth tyme and maner:

  • Eccl 2:9
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    9(Shortly) I was greater & in more worshipe, then all my predecessours in Ierusale. For wy?dome remayned with me:

  • Prov 10:14
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    14Wyse me laye vp knowlege, but ye mouth of ye foolish is nye destruccio.

  • Prov 2:7
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    7He preserueth ye welfare of the rightuous, and defendeth them yt walke innocently:

  • Prov 14:8
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    8The wy?dome of him that hath vnderstondinge is, to take hede vnto his waye, but the foolishnesse of the vnwyse disceaueth.

  • Job 32:9
    70%

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

  • Prov 14:24
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    24Riches are an ornament vnto the wyse, but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse.

  • Eccl 7:25
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    25I 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 29:8
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    8Wicked people brynge a cite in decaye, but wyse men set it vp agayne.

  • Eccl 4:13
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    13A poore childe beynge wyse, is better then an olde kinge, that doteth, and can not bewarre in tyme to come.