Proverbs 4:7

Coverdale Bible (1535)

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

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  • Matt 13:44-46 : 44 Agayne, the kingdome of heauen is like vnto a treasure hyd in the felde, which a ma founde and hid it, and for ioye therof he wete & solde all yt he had, and bought yt felde. 45 Agayne, the kyngdome of heauen is like vnto a marchaut, yt sought good pearles: 46 & wha he had founde a precious pearle, he wete and solde all that he had, & bought it.
  • Phil 3:8 : 8 Yee I thynke all thinges but losse, for that excellent knowleges sake of Christ Iesu my LORDE: for whom I haue counted all thinge losse, and do iudge them but donge, that I mighte wynne Christ,
  • Mark 8:36-37 : 36 What helpeth it a ma though he wane the whole worlde, and yet toke harme in his soule? 37 Or, what can a man geue, to redeme his soule withall?
  • Luke 10:42 : 42 there is but one thinge nedefull. Mary hath chosen a good parte, which shal not be taken awaye from her.
  • Luke 12:20 : 20 But God sayde vnto him: Thou foole, this night shal they requyre thy soule from the, and whose shal it be that thou hast prepared?
  • Ps 49:16-20 : 16 Sela. O be not thou afrayed, whan one is made riche, & the glory of his house increased. 17 For he shal cary nothinge awaye wt him when he dyeth, nether shal his pompe folowe him. 18 Whyle he lyueth, he is counted an happie man: & so loge as he is in prosperite, me speake good of him. 19 But whe he foloweth his fathers generacion, he shal neuer se light eny more. 20 When a man is in honoure and hath no vnderstodinge, he is compared vnto the brute beastes, and becommeth like vnto them.
  • Ps 119:104 : 104 Thorow thy commaundementes I get vnderstondinge, therfore I hate all false wayes.
  • Prov 16:16 : 16 To haue wy?dome in possession is better then golde, and to get vnderstondynge, is more worth then syluer.
  • Prov 21:6 : 6 Who so hoordeth vp riches wt ye disceatfulnes of his tonge, he is a foole, & like vnto them that seke their owne death.
  • Prov 23:23 : 23 Labor for to get ye treuth: sell not awaye wy?dome, nourtor & vnderstodinge
  • Eccl 2:4-9 : 4 I made gorgious fayre workes, I buylded me houses, and planted vynyardes: 5 I made me ortchardes and gardens of pleasure, and planted trees in them of all maner frutes. 6 I made poles of water, to water ye grene and frutefull trees withall. 7 I bought seruauntes and maydes, and had a greate housholde. As for catell and shepe, I had more substaunce of them, then all they yt were before me in Ierusalem. 8 I gathered syluer & golde together, euen a treasure of kynges & londes. I prouided me syngers and wome which coude playe of instrumentes, to make men myrth and pastime. I gat me drynkynge cuppes also and glasses. 9 (Shortly) I was greater & in more worshipe, then all my predecessours in Ierusale. For wy?dome remayned with me:
  • Eccl 4:8 : 8 There is one man, no mo but himself alone, hauynge nether childe ner brother: yet is there no ende of his carefull trauayle, his eyes can not be satisfied with riches, (yet doth he not remembre himself, & saye:) For whom do I take soch trauayle? For whose pleasure do I thus consume awaye my lyfe? This is also a vayne and miserable thinge.
  • Eccl 7:12 : 12 For wy?dome defendeth as well as moneye, and the excellent knowlege and wy?dome geueth life vnto him that hath it in possession.
  • Eccl 9:16-18 : 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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  • Prov 4:4-6
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    84%

    4 he taught me also, sayenge: let thine herte receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes, and thou shalt lyue.

    5 Get the wy?dome, get the vnderstondinge, forget not ye wordes of my mouth, & shreke not from them.

    6 Forsake her not, and she shal preserue the: loue her, and she shal kepe the.

  • Prov 4:8
    80%

    8 Make moch of her, and she shal promote the: Yee yf thou embracest her, she shal brynge the vnto honoure.

  • Prov 3:13-14
    2 verses
    79%

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

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

  • Prov 8:10-12
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    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.

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

  • Prov 7:4
    78%

    4 Saye vnto wysdome: thou art my sister, and call vnderstondinge thy kynswoman:

  • Prov 19:8
    78%

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

  • Eccl 7:11-12
    2 verses
    77%

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

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

  • Prov 16:16
    77%

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

  • Prov 2:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

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

    11 then shal councell preserue the, and vnderstondinge shal kepe the.

  • Prov 1:2-7
    6 verses
    76%

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

    3 rightuousnesse, iudgment and equite.

    4 That the very babes might haue wyt, and that yonge men might haue knowlege and vnderstondinge.

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

    6 he shal be more apte to vnderstonde a parable, and the interpretacion therof: the wordes of the wyse, and the darcke speaches of the same.

    7 The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wysdome. But fooles despyse wysdome and nurtoure.

  • Prov 2:2-6
    5 verses
    75%

    2 that thine eare maye herken vnto wysdome, applie thine herte then to vnderstodinge.

    3 For yf thou criest after wy?dome, & callest for knowlege:

    4 yf thou sekest after her as after money, and dyggest for her as for treasure:

    5 The shalt thou vnderstonde ye feare of the LORDE, and fynde ye knowlege of God.

    6 For it is the LORDE that geueth wy?dome, out of his mouth commeth knowlege and vnderstondinge.

  • Prov 9:10
    75%

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

  • Prov 5:1
    74%

    1 My sonne, geue hede vnto my wysdome, & bowe thine eare vnto my prudece:

  • Prov 4:13
    74%

    13 Take fast holde of doctryne, let her not go: kepe her, for she is thy life.

  • Prov 16:22
    74%

    22 Vnderstondinge is a well of life vnto him yt hath it, as for ye chastenynge of fooles, it is but foolishnesse.

  • Job 28:20
    74%

    20 From whece then commeth wy?dome? & where is the place of vnderstondinge?

  • Eccl 7:19
    74%

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

  • Prov 23:23
    74%

    23 Labor for to get ye treuth: sell not awaye wy?dome, nourtor & vnderstodinge

  • Prov 8:1
    74%

    1 Doth not wysdome crie? doth not vnderstondinge put forth hir voyce?

  • Job 28:12
    74%

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

  • Prov 24:14
    74%

    14 Euen 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.

  • Ezek 28:4
    73%

    4 With thy wi?dome & thy vnderstodinge, thou hast gotte the greate welthynesse, and gathered treasure of syluer & golde.

  • Prov 24:3
    73%

    3 Thorow wy?dome an house shalbe buylded, & wt vnderstondinge it shalbe set vp.

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

  • Prov 18:15
    73%

    15 A wyse herte laboureth for knowlege, and a prudent eare seketh vnderstondinge.

  • Prov 14:8
    73%

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

  • Prov 4:10
    73%

    10 Heare my sonne, and receaue my wordes, that the yeares of thy life maye be many.

  • Prov 9:4
    73%

    4 Who so is ignoraut, let him come hither. And to the vn wise she sayde:

  • Prov 8:14
    72%

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

  • Prov 3:4
    72%

    4 So shalt thou fynde fauor and good vnderstondinge in ye sight of God and men.

  • Prov 8:5
    72%

    5 Take hede vnto knowlege o ye ignoraut, be wyse in herte o ye fooles.

  • Prov 14:33
    72%

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

  • Prov 3:21
    72%

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

  • Prov 9:1
    72%

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

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