Ecclesiastes 2:13

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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  • Eccl 7:11-12 : 11 (7:13) Wisedome is good with an inheritance, and excellent to them that see the sunne. 12 (7:14) For man shall rest in the shadowe of wisedome, and in the shadowe of siluer: but the excellencie of the knowledge of wisedome giueth life to the possessers thereof.
  • Matt 6:23 : 23 But if thine eye be wicked, then all thy body shalbe darke. Wherefore if the light that is in thee, be darkenes, howe great is that darkenesse?
  • Eph 5:8 : 8 For ye were once darkenesse, but are nowe light in the Lord: walke as children of light,
  • Luke 11:34-35 : 34 The light of the bodie is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, then is thy whole bodie light: but if thine eye be euill, then thy bodie is darke. 35 Take heede therefore, that the light which is in thee, be not darkenesse.
  • Eccl 7:19 : 19 (7:21) Wisedome shall strengthen the wise man more then ten mightie princes that are in ye citie.
  • Eccl 9:16 : 16 Then said I, Better is wisdome then stregth: yet the wisedome of the poore is despised, and his wordes are not heard.
  • Eccl 9:18 : 18 Better is wisedome then weapons of warre: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
  • Eccl 11:7 : 7 Surely the light is a pleasant thing: and it is a good thing to the eyes to see the sunne.
  • Mal 3:18-4:2 : 18 Then shall you returne, and discerne betweene the righteous and wicked, betweene him that serueth God, and him that serueth him not. 1 For behold, the day commeth that shall burne as an ouen, and all the proude, yea, and all that doe wickedly, shall be stubble, and the day that commeth, shall burne them vp, sayeth the Lorde of hostes, and shall leaue them neither roote nor branche. 2 But vnto you that feare my Name, shall the sunne of righteousnesse arise, and health shall be vnder his wings, and ye shall goe forth, & growe vp as fat calues.
  • Ps 119:105 : 105 Nvn. Thy worde is a lanterne vnto my feete, and a light vnto my path.
  • Ps 119:130 : 130 The entrance into thy wordes sheweth light, and giueth vnderstanding to the simple.
  • Prov 4:5-7 : 5 Get wisedom: get vnderstading: forget not, neither decline from the woordes of my mouth. 6 Forsake her not, and shee shall keepe thee: loue her and shee shall preserue thee. 7 Wisedome is the beginning: get wisedome therefore: and aboue all thy possession get vnderstanding.
  • Prov 4:18-19 : 18 But the way of the righteous shineth as the light, that shineth more and more vnto the perfite day. 19 The way of the wicked is as the darkenes: they knowe not wherein they shall fall.
  • Prov 16:16 : 16 Howe much better is it to get wisedome then golde? and to get vnderstanding, is more to be desired then siluer.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 2:14-17
    4 verses
    86%

    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?

    17Therefore I hated life: for the worke that is wrought vnder the sunne is grieuous vnto me: for all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.

  • Eccl 2:11-12
    2 verses
    81%

    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?)

  • Eccl 1:16-18
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    78%

    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.

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

  • Eccl 7:25
    76%

    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 1:13-14
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    76%

    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)

    14I haue considered all the workes that are done vnder the sunne, and beholde, all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.

  • Eccl 2:1-3
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    75%

    1I said in mine heart, Goe to nowe, I will proue thee with ioy: therefore take thou pleasure in pleasant things: and beholde, this also is vanitie.

    2I saide of laughter, Thou art mad: and of ioy, What is this that thou doest?

    3I sought in mine heart to giue my selfe to wine, and to leade mine heart in wisdome, and to take holde of follie, till I might see where is that goodnesse of the children of men, which they enioy vnder the sunne: the whole nomber of the dayes of their life.

  • 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 8:16-17
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    75%

    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 2:19-21
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    74%

    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.

    20Therefore I went about to make mine heart abhorre all the labour, wherein I had trauailed vnder the sunne.

    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 6:8-9
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    74%

    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.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Foolishnes is ioy to him that is destitute of vnderstanding: but a man of vnderstanding walketh vprightly.

  • Eccl 4:3
    73%

    3And I count him better then them both, which hath not yet bin: for he hath not seene the euill workes which are wrought vnder the sunne.

  • Prov 17:24
    73%

    24Wisdome is in the face of him that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of a foole are in the corners of the world.

  • Eccl 9:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Prov 14:8
    72%

    8The wisdome of ye prudent is to vnderstand his way: but the foolishnes of the fooles is deceite.

  • Eccl 7:23
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    23(7:2) All this haue I prooued by wisedome: I thought I will be wise, but it went farre from me.

  • Eccl 2:25-26
    2 verses
    72%

    25For who could eate, and who could haste to outward things more then I?

    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 14:33
    72%

    33Wisedome resteth in the heart of him that hath vnderstanding, and is knowen in the mids of fooles.

  • Eccl 3:16
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    16And moreouer I haue seene vnder the sunne the place of iudgement, where was wickednesse, and the place of iustice where was iniquitie.

  • Job 31:26
    72%

    26If I did behold the sunne, when it shined, or the moone, walking in her brightnes,

  • Eccl 11:7-8
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    7Surely the light is a pleasant thing: and it is a good thing to the eyes to see the sunne.

    8Though a man liue many yeeres, and in them all he reioyce, yet hee shall remember the daies of darkenesse, because they are manie, all that commeth is vanitie.

  • Prov 14:24
    72%

    24The crowne of the wise is their riches, and the follie of fooles is foolishnes.

  • Eccl 4:7
    71%

    7Againe I returned, and sawe vanitie vnder the sunne.

  • Prov 8:11-12
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    11For wisdome is better then precious stones: and all pleasures are not to be compared vnto her.

    12I wisdome dwell with prudence, and I find foorth knowledge and counsels.

  • Eccl 10:2-3
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    71%

    2The heart of a wise man is at his right hand: but the heart of a foole is at his left hand.

    3And also when the foole goeth by the way, his heart faileth, and he telleth vnto all that he is a foole.

  • Eccl 4:13
    71%

    13Better is a poore and wise childe, then an olde and foolish King, which will no more be admonished.

  • 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.

  • Eccl 6:11
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    11(7:1) Svrely there be many things that increase vanitie: and what auaileth it man?

  • Prov 16:16
    71%

    16Howe much better is it to get wisedome then golde? and to get vnderstanding, is more to be desired then siluer.

  • Job 29:3
    71%

    3When his light shined vpon mine head: and when by his light I walked thorowe the darkenesse,