Ecclesiastes 12:9

Geneva Bible (1560)

And the more wise the Preacher was, the more he taught the people knowledge, and caused them to heare, and searched foorth, and prepared many parables.

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  • 1 Kgs 4:32 : 32 And Salomon spake three thousand prouerbs: and his songs were a thousand and fiue.
  • Prov 1:1 : 1 The Parables of Salomon the sonne of Dauid King of Israel,
  • Prov 10:1 : 1 A wise sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolish sonne is an heauines to his mother.
  • Prov 25:1 : 1 These are also Parables of Salomon, which the men of Hezekiah King of Iudah copied out.
  • 1 Kgs 8:12-21 : 12 Then spake Salomon, The Lord said, that he woulde dwell in the darke cloude. 13 I haue built thee an house to dwell in, an habitation for thee to abide in for euer. 14 And the King turned his face, and blessed all the Congregation of Israel: for all the Congregation of Israel stoode there. 15 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who spake with his mouth vnto Dauid my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying, 16 Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no citie of all the tribes of Israel, to builde an house that my name might be there: but I haue chosen Dauid to be ouer my people Israel. 17 And it was in ye heart of Dauid my father to builde an house to the Name of the Lorde God of Israel. 18 And the Lord said vnto Dauid my father, Where as it was in thine heart to build an house vnto my Name, thou diddest well, that thou wast so minded: 19 Neuerthelesse thou shalt not builde the house, but thy sonne that shall come out of thy loynes, he shall builde the house vnto my Name. 20 And the Lorde hath made good his worde that he spake: and I am risen vp in the roume of Dauid my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and haue built the house for the Name of the Lord God of Israel. 21 And I haue prepared therein a place for the Arke, wherein is the couenant of the Lorde which he made with our fathers, whe he brought them out of the lande of Egypt.
  • 1 Kgs 10:8 : 8 Happy are the men, happie are these thy seruants, which stande euer before thee, and heare thy wisedome.

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  • Eccl 12:10-12
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    82%

    10The Preacher sought to finde out pleasant wordes, and an vpright writing, euen the wordes of trueth.

    11The wordes of the wise are like goads, and like nailes fastened by the masters of the assemblies, which are giuen by one pastour.

    12And of other things beside these, my sone, take thou heede: for there is none ende in making many bookes, and much reading is a wearines of the flesh.

  • Eccl 12:8
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    8Vanitie of vanities, saieth the Preacher, all is vanitie.

  • Eccl 1:12-13
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    12I the Preacher haue bene King ouer Israel in Ierusalem:

    13And I haue giuen mine heart to search and finde out wisdome by all things that are done vnder the heauen: (this sore trauaile hath GOD giuen to the sonnes of men, to humble them thereby)

  • Eccl 1:16-18
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    16I thought in mine heart, and said, Behold, I am become great, and excell in wisdome all them that haue bene before me in Ierusalem: and mine heart hath seene much wisedome and knowledge.

    17And I gaue mine heart to knowe wisdome and knowledge, madnes and foolishnes: I knew also that this is a vexation of the spirit.

    18For in the multitude of wisedome is much griefe: and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorowe.

  • Prov 9:9
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    9Giue admonition to the wise, and he will be the wiser: teache a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

  • Eccl 7:25
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    25(7:27) I haue compassed about, both I and mine heart to knowe and to enquire and to search wisedome, and reason, and to knowe the wickednesse of follie, and the foolishnesse of madnesse,

  • Eccl 9:13
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    13I haue also seene this wisedome vnder the sunne, and it is great vnto me.

  • Eccl 8:16-17
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    16When I applied mine heart to knowe wisedome, and to behold the busines that is done on earth, that neither day nor night the eyes of man take sleepe,

    17Then I behelde the whole worke of God, that man cannot finde out ye worke that is wrought vnder the sunne: for the which man laboureth to seeke it, and cannot finde it: yea, and though the wise man thinke to knowe it, he cannot finde it.

  • Eccl 1:1-2
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    1The wordes of the Preacher, the sonne of Dauid King in Ierusalem.

    2Vanitie of vanities, sayth the Preacher: vanitie of vanities, all is vanitie.

  • Prov 1:5-6
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    5A wise man shall heare and increase in learning, and a man of vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wise counsels,

    6To vnderstand a parable, & the interpretation, the wordes of ye wise, and their darke sayings.

  • Eccl 7:27
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    27(7:29) Beholde, sayth the Preacher, this haue I found, seeking one by one to finde the count:

  • Prov 8:12
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    12I wisdome dwell with prudence, and I find foorth knowledge and counsels.

  • Prov 1:2
    70%

    2To knowe wisdome, and instruction, to vnderstand ye wordes of knowledge,

  • Eccl 9:15-17
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    15And there was founde therein a poore and wise man, and he deliuered the citie by his wisedome: but none remembred this poore man.

    16Then said I, Better is wisdome then stregth: yet the wisedome of the poore is despised, and his wordes are not heard.

    17The wordes of the wise are more heard in quietnes, then the crye of him that ruleth among fooles.

  • Eccl 2:26
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    26Surely to a man that is good in his sight, God giueth wisdome, and knowledge, and ioy: but to the sinner he giueth paine, to gather, and to heape to giue to him that is good before God: this is also vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.

  • Prov 18:15
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    15A wise heart getteth knowledge, and the eare of the wise seeketh learning.

  • Eccl 2:11-16
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    11Then I looked on all my workes that mine hands had wrought, and on the trauaile that I had laboured to doe: and beholde, all is vanitie and vexation of the spirit: and there is no profite vnder the sunne.

    12And I turned to beholde wisedome, and madnes and follie: (for who is the man that will come after the King in things, which men nowe haue done?)

    13Then I saw that there is profite in wisdome, more then in follie: as the light is more excellent then darkenes.

    14For the wise mans eyes are in his head, but the foole walketh in darknes: yet I know also that the same condition falleth to them all.

    15Then I thought in mine heart, It befalleth vnto me, as it befalleth to ye foole. Why therefore doe I then labour to be more wise? And I sayd in mine heart, that this also is vanitie.

    16For there shalbe no remembrance of the wise, nor of the foole for euer: for that that now is, in the dayes to come shall all be forgotten; howe dyeth the wise man, as doeth the foole?

  • Eccl 2:21
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    21For there is a man whose trauaile is in wisdome, and in knowledge and in equitie: yet to a man that hath not trauailed herein, shal he giue his portion: this also is vanitie and a great griefe.

  • Eccl 2:9
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    9And I was great, & increased aboue all that were before me in Ierusalem: also my wisedome remained with me.

  • Eccl 9:1
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    1I haue surely giuen mine heart to all this, and to declare all this, that the iust, and the wise, and their workes are in the hand of God: and no man knoweth eyther loue or hatred of all that is before them.

  • Eccl 2:19
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    19And who knoweth whether he shalbe wise or foolish? yet shall hee haue rule ouer all my labour, wherein I haue trauailed, and wherein I haue shewed my selfe wise vnder the sunne. This is also vanitie.

  • Prov 16:23
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    23The heart of the wise guideth his mouth wisely, and addeth doctrine to his lippes.

  • Job 28:27
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    27Then did he see it, and counted it: he prepared it and also considered it.

  • Eccl 2:3
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  • Eccl 7:11
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    11(7:13) Wisedome is good with an inheritance, and excellent to them that see the sunne.

  • Eccl 7:19
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    19(7:21) Wisedome shall strengthen the wise man more then ten mightie princes that are in ye citie.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23A wise man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of the fooles publisheth foolishnes.

  • Eccl 6:8-9
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    8For what hath the wise man more then the foole? what hath the poore that knoweth how to walke before the liuing?

    9The sight of ye eye is better then to walke in ye lustes: this also is vanitie, & vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 7:4
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    4(7:6) The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning: but the heart of fooles is in the house of mirth.

  • Prov 8:9
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    9They are all plaine to him that will vnderstande, and streight to them that woulde finde knowledge.

  • 2 Chr 9:23
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    23And all the Kings of the earth sought the presence of Salomon, to heare his wisedome that God had put in his heart.

  • Job 12:12
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    12Among the ancient is wisedome, and in the length of dayes is vnderstanding.

  • Job 28:12
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    12But where is wisdome found? and where is the place of vnderstanding?

  • 1 Kgs 10:24
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    24And al the world sought to see Salomon, to heare his wisedome, which God had put in his heart,