Ecclesiastes 9:16

Coverdale Bible (1535)

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

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  • Eccl 7:19 : 19 Wy?dome geueth more corage vnto the wyse, then ten mightie men of the citie:
  • 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.
  • Mark 6:2-3 : 2 And wha ye Sabbath came, he begane to teach in their synagoge. And many that herde it, marueled at his lernynge, and sayde: From whece hath he these thinges? And what wyssdome is this, yt is geue him: & soch actes as are done by his handes? 3 Is not this the Carpenter the sonne of Mary, and the brother of Iames and Ioses, and of Iude and Symon? Are not his sisters here with vs also? And they were offended at him.
  • John 7:47-49 : 47 Then answered them the pharises: Are ye also disceaued? 48 Doth eny of the rulers or pharises beleue on him? 49 But the comon people which knowe not the lawe, are cursed.
  • Eccl 9:18 : 18 For wy?dome is better then harnesse: but one vnthrift alone destroyeth moch good.
  • Prov 10:15 : 15 The rich mas goodes are his stroge holde, but pouerte oppresseth the poore.
  • John 9:24-34 : 24 Then called they the ma agayne yt was blynde, and sayde vnto him: Geue God ye prayse, we knowe that this man is a synner. 25 He answered, & sayde: Whether he be a synner or no, I can not tell: one thinge am I sure off, that I was blynde, and now I se. 26 The sayde they vnto him agayne: What dyd he vnto the? How opened he thine eyes? 27 He answered them: I tolde you right now. Herde ye it not? What, wil ye heare it agayne? Will ye also be his disciples? 28 Then rayted they him, and sayde: Thou art his disciple. 29 We are sure that God spake wt Moses: As for this felowe, we know not whece he is. 30 The man answered, and sayde vnto the: This is a maruelous thinge, that ye wote not whence he is, and he hath opened mine eyes. 31 For we knowe that God heareth not ye sinners: but yf eny ma be a fearer of God, and doth his will, him heareth he. 32 Sens ye worlde beganne was it not herde, that eny man opened the eyes of one that was borne blynde. 33 Yf this man were not of God, he coulde haue done nothinge. 34 They answered, and sayde vnto him: Thou art alltogether borne in synne, and teachest thou vs? And they thrust him out.
  • 1 Cor 1:26-29 : 26 Brethren loke on youre callinge, how that not many wyseme after the flesh, not many mightie, not many of hye degre are called: 27 but that foolish is before the worlde, hath God chosen, that he mighte cofounde the wyse: And that weake is before ye worlde, hath God chosen, yt he mighte confounde the mightye. 28 And the vyle and despysed before the worlde hath God chosen, yee and that which is nothinge, that he mighte destroye that which is oughte, 29 that no flesh shulde reioyse in his presence.
  • Jas 2:2-6 : 2 Yf ther come in to yor copany a ma wt a golde rynge and in goodly aparell, & ther come in also a poore man in vyle raymet, 3 & ye haue a respecte to him yt weareth the gaye clothinge & saye vnto hi: Sit thou here i a good place, & saye vnto ye poore, stonde thou there or sit here vnder my fote stole: 4 are ye not parciall in youre selues, and haue iudged after euyll thoughtes? 5 Harken my deare beloued brethre. Hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde, which are ryche in faith, and heyres of the kyngdom which he promysed to the that loue him? 6 But ye haue despised the poore. Are not the rych they which oppresse you: & they which drawe you before iudges?

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  • Eccl 9:13-15
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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.

  • Eccl 9:17-18
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    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.

  • Prov 28:11
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    11The rich man thynketh him self to be wyse, but the poore that hath vnderstondinge, ca perceaue him wel ynough.

  • Eccl 6:8
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    8For what hath the wyse more then the foole? What helpeth it the poore, that he knoweth to walke before the lyuynge?

  • 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.

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

  • Prov 10:15
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    15The rich mas goodes are his stroge holde, but pouerte oppresseth the poore.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is the poore that lyueth godly, the the blasphemer that is but a foole.

  • Eccl 2:13-16
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    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.

    15Then 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.

    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.

  • Job 32:9
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    9All men are not wyse, nether doth euery aged man vnderstonde the thinge that is laufull.

  • Prov 13:8
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    8With goodes euery man delyuereth his life, and the poore wyl not be reproued.

  • 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.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Tel nothinge in to ye eares of a foole, for he wyl despyse the wy?dome of thy wordes.

  • Eccl 7:5
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    5It is better to geue eare to the chastenynge of a wyse man, then to heare the songe of fooles.

  • Prov 12:8-9
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    8A man shalbe commended for his wy?dome, but a foole shal be despysed.

    9A simple man which laboureth and worketh, is better the one that is gorgious and wanteth bred.

  • Prov 8:11
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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.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16What helpeth it to geue a foole money in his hode, where as he hath no mynde to bye wy?dome?

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  • Job 17:10
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    10As for you, turne you, & get you hence, for I can not se one wyse ma amonge you.

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

  • Jer 9:23
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    23Morouer, 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:

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    13Who so stoppeth his eare at the criege of the poore, he shal crie himself and not be herde.

  • Prov 29:9
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    9Yf a wyse man go to lawe with a foole (whether he deale with him frendly or roughly) he getteth no rest.

  • Eccl 1:16
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    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 11:12
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    12A foole bryngeth vp a slaunder of his neghboure, but a wyse man wil kepe it secrete.

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

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

  • 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.

  • Job 34:34
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    12How commeth a man then by wy?dome? Where is the place that men fynde vnderstondinge?

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

  • Job 34:16
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    16Yf thou now haue vnderstodinge, heare what I saye and herken to the voyce of my wordes.

  • Eccl 10:6
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    6in yt a foole sytteth in greate dignite, & the rich are sett downe beneth:

  • Job 32:13
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    13lest ye shulde prayse youre selues, to haue founde out wy?dome: because it is God that hath cast him out, & no man.

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3A dotinge foole thinketh, yt euery ma doth as foolishly as himself.

  • Prov 24:7
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    7Wy?dome is an hie thinge, yee eue to ye foole, for he darre not ope his mouth in ye gate.

  • Prov 8:14
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    14I can geue councell, and be a gyde: I haue vnderstondinge, I haue strength.

  • Job 29:11
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    11When all they yt herde me, called me happie: & when all they yt sawe me, wysshed me good.

  • Prov 26:12
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    12Yf thou seyest a man yt is wyse in his owne conceate, there is more hope in a foole then in hi.

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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.

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

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