Ecclesiastes 7:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

(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.

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  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of life to them that lay holde on her, and blessed is he that retaineth her.
  • Prov 8:35 : 35 For he that findeth me, findeth life, and shal obteine fauour of the Lord.
  • Prov 9:11 : 11 For thy dayes shalbe multiplied by me, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe augmented.
  • Prov 11:4 : 4 Riches auaile not in the day of wrath: but righteousnes deliuereth from death.
  • Prov 14:20 : 20 The poore is hated euen of his own neighbour: but the friendes of the rich are many.
  • Prov 18:10-11 : 10 The Name of the Lorde is a strong tower: the righteous runneth vnto it, and is exalted. 11 The rich mans riches are his strong citie: and as an hie wall in his imagination.
  • Isa 30:2 : 2 Which walke forth to goe downe into Egypt (and haue not asked at my mouth) to strengthen them selues with the strength of Pharaoh, and trust in the shadowe of Egypt.
  • Isa 32:2 : 2 And that man shall bee as an hiding place from the winde, and as a refuge for the tempest: as riuers of water in a drie place, and as the shadowe of a great rocke in a weary land.
  • Isa 33:6 : 6 And there shall be stabilitie of thy times, strength, saluation, wisdome and knowledge: for the feare of the Lord shalbe his treasure.
  • John 12:50 : 50 And I knowe that his commaundement is life euerlasting: the thinges therefore that I speake, I speake them so as the Father sayde vnto me.
  • John 17:3 : 3 And this is life eternall, that they knowe thee to be the onely very God, and whom thou hast sent, Iesus Christ.
  • Phil 3:8 : 8 Yea, doubtlesse I thinke all thinges but losse for the excellent knowledge sake of Christ Iesus my Lorde, for whome I haue counted all things losse, and doe iudge them to bee dongue, that I might winne Christ,
  • Deut 30:19-20 : 19 I call heauen and earth to recorde this day against you, that I haue set before you life & death, blessing and cursing. therefore chuse life, that both thou and thy seede may liue, 20 By louing the Lorde thy God, by obeying his voyce, and by cleauing vnto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy dayes: that thou mayest dwell in the lande which the Lorde sware vnto thy fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob, to giue them.
  • Deut 32:47 : 47 For it is no vaine worde concerning you, but it is your life, and by this worde ye shall prolong your dayes in the land, whither yee go ouer Iorden to possesse it.
  • Judg 9:15 : 15 And the bramble said vnto the trees, If ye will in deede anoynt me King ouer you, come, and put your trust vnder my shadowe: and if not, the fire shall come out of the bramble, and consume the Cedars of Lebanon.
  • Job 1:10 : 10 Hast thou not made an hedge about him and about his house, & about all that he hath on euery side? thou hast blessed the worke of his hands, & his substance is increased in the land.
  • Job 22:21-25 : 21 Therefore acquaint thy selfe, I pray thee, with him, and make peace: thereby thou shalt haue prosperitie. 22 Receiue, I pray thee, the law of his mouth, and lay vp his words in thine heart. 23 If thou returne to the Almightie, thou shalt be buylt vp, and thou shalt put iniquitie farre from thy tabernacle. 24 Thou shalt lay vp golde for dust, and the gold of Ophir, as the flintes of the riuers. 25 Yea, the Almightie shalbe thy defence, and thou shalt haue plentie of siluer.
  • Ps 57:1 : 1 To him that excelleth. Destroy not. A Psalme of Dauid on Michtam. When he fled from Saul in the caue. Haue mercie vpon me, O God, haue mercie vpon me: for my soule trusteth in thee, and in the shadowe of thy wings wil I trust, till these afflictions ouerpasse.
  • Prov 2:7 : 7 He preserueth the state of the righteous: he is a shielde to them that walke vprightly,
  • Prov 2:11 : 11 Then shall counsell preserue thee, and vnderstanding shall keepe thee,

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