Ecclesiastes 9:17
A wise mans councell that is folowed in sylence, is farre aboue the crienge of a captaine amoge fooles.
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- Jas 3:17-18 : 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: 18 yee, and the frute of rightewesnes is sowen in peace, of the that mayntene peace.
- Gen 41:33-40 : 33 Let Pharao now prouyde for a man of vnderstondinge & wysdome, whom he maye set ouer the lande of Egipte, 34 and se that he ordene officers in the londe, and take ye fifth (parte) of the lande of Egipte in the seuen plenteous yeares, 35 and gather all ye foode yt shal come of the plenteous yeares, that they maye laye vp corne vnder Pharaos power for sustenaunce in the cities, 36 and kepe it, yt there maye be foode founde prepared for the lande in the seuen deare yeares, which shall come vpon the lande of Egipte, that the lande be not destroyed of honger. 37 The sayenge pleased Pharao well and all his seruautes. 38 And Pharao sayde vnto his seruauntes? How might we fynde soch a man, in whom is the sprete of God? 39 And sayde vnto Iosep: For so moch as God hath shewed ye all this, there is none of soch vnderstondinge & wysdome as thou. 40 Thou shalt be ouer my house, and acordinge vnto thy worde shall all my people obeye: onely in the kynges seate wyll I be more then thou.
- 1 Sam 7:3-6 : 3 But Samuel sayde vnto all the house of Israel: Yf ye turne you withall youre hert vnto the LORDE, then put awaye from you the straunge goddes and Astaroth, and directe youre hert vnto the LORDE and serue him onely, so shall he delyuer you out of the hande of the Philistynes. 4 Then the childre of Israel put awaye Baalim and Astaroth from them, and serued the LORDE onely. 5 Samuel saide: Gather all Israel together vnto Mispa, that I maye praye for you vnto the LORDE. 6 And they came together vnto Mispa, and drue water, & poured it out before the LORDE, and fasted the same daye, and there they sayde: We haue synned vnto the LORDE. So Samuel iudged the children of Israel at Mispa.
- Prov 28:23 : 23 He that rebuketh a man, shall fynde more fauoure at ye last, the he that flatreth him.
- Isa 42:2 : 2 He shal not be an outcryer, ner an hie mynded person. His voyce shall not be herde in ye stretes.
- Isa 42:4 : 4 He shal nether be ouersene ner haistie, that he maye restore rightuousnesse vnto the earth: & the Getiles also shal kepe his lawes.
- Jas 1:20 : 20 For the wrath of ma worketh not that which is righteous before God.
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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.
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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.
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11 A foole poureth out his sprete alltogether, but a wyse man kepeth it in till afterwarde.
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27 He is wyse and discrete, yt tempereth his wordes: and he is a ma of vnderstodinge, yt maketh moch of his sprete.
28 Yee a very foole (when he holdeth his tonge) is counted wyse, and to haue vnderstodinge, when he shutteth his lippes.
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18 For wy?dome is better then harnesse: but one vnthrift alone destroyeth moch good.
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9 Tel nothinge in to ye eares of a foole, for he wyl despyse the wy?dome of thy wordes.
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33 Wy?dome resteth in the herte of him that hath vnderstondinge, and he wyll teach them that are vnlerned.
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13 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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23 He that hath vnderstodinge, can hyde his wysdome: but an vndiscrete herte telleth out his foolishnesse.
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19 Wy?dome geueth more corage vnto the wyse, then ten mightie men of the citie:
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24 Riches are an ornament vnto the wyse, but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse.
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14 Wyse me laye vp knowlege, but ye mouth of ye foolish is nye destruccio.
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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.
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7 Wy?dome is an hie thinge, yee eue to ye foole, for he darre not ope his mouth in ye gate.
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8 A wyse man wil receaue warnynge, but a foole wil sooner be smytten in the face.
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5 By hearinge, the wyse ma shal come by more wysdome: and by experience,
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20 Yf thou seyst a man that is haistie to speake vnaduysed, thou mayest trust a foole more then him.
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15 Loke what a foole taketh in honde, he thinketh it well done: but he that is wyse, wyl be couceled.
16 A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haist, but a discrete man forgeueth wronge.
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10 One reprofe only doth more good to him yt hath vnderstodinge, then an C. stripes vnto a foole.
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2 A wyse tonge commendeth knowlege, a foolish mouth blabbeth out nothinge but foolishnesse.
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7 Se yt thou medle not with a foole, & do as though thou haddest no knowlege.
8 The wy?dome of him that hath vnderstondinge is, to take hede vnto his waye, but the foolishnesse of the vnwyse disceaueth.
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12 The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gracious, but the lippes of a foole wil destroye himself.
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16 A wyse man doth all thinges with discrecion, but a foole wil declare his foly.
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9 Be not haistely angrie in yi mynde, for wrath resteth in the bosome of a foole.
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13 and I sawe, that wy?dome excelleth foolishnesse, as farre as light doth darknesse.
14 For 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.
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3 In the mouth of the foolish is the boostinge of lordshipe, but ye lippes of ye wyse wilbe warre of soch.
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15 A wyse herte laboureth for knowlege, and a prudent eare seketh vnderstondinge.
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7 A wyse mouth poureth out knowlege, but ye herte of the foolish doth not so.
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3 It is a mans honoure to kepe himself from strife, but they yt haue pleasure in braulinge, are fooles eueryone.
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14 A wyse herte wil seke after knowlege, but ye mouth of fooles medleth with foolishnesse.
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29 Pacience is a token of wi?dome, but wrath and haistie displeasure is a token of foolishnesse.
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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.
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17 My sonne, bowe downe thine eare, and herken vnto the wordes of wy?dome, applye yi mynde vnto my doctryne:
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7 An eloquent speach becometh not a foole, a dyssemblinge mouth also besemeth not a prynce.
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14 The kynges displeasure is a messaunger of death, but a wyse man wyl pacifie him.
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6 One handfull (saieth he) is better wt rest, the both ye handes full with labor and trauayle.
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16 A wyse man, feareth, and departeth from euell, but a foole goeth on presumptuously.
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22 Vnderstondinge is a well of life vnto him yt hath it, as for ye chastenynge of fooles, it is but foolishnesse.