Ecclesiastes 8:1

Bible in Basic English 1965

Who is like the wise man? and to whom is the sense of anything clear? A man's wisdom makes his face shining, and his hard face will be changed.

Cross References

Genesis 40:8

Then they said to him, We have had a dream, and no one is able to give us the sense. And Joseph said, Does not the sense of dreams come from God? what was your dream?

Job 33:23

If now there may be an angel sent to him, one of the thousands which there are to be between him and God, and to make clear to man what is right for him;

Exodus 34:35

And the children of Israel saw that the face of Moses was shining: so Moses put the veil over his face again till he went to the Lord.

Proverbs 1:6

To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.

Proverbs 12:8

A man will be praised in the measure of his wisdom, but a wrong-minded man will be looked down on.

Proverbs 17:24

Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 21:29

The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

Proverbs 24:5

A wise man is strong; and a man of knowledge makes strength greater.

Daniel 2:22

He is the unveiler of deep and secret things: he has knowledge of what is in the dark, and the light has its living-place with him.

Daniel 2:47

And the king made answer to Daniel and said, Truly, your God is a God of gods and a Lord of kings, and an unveiler of secrets, for you have been able to make this secret clear.

Matthew 17:2

And he was changed in form before them; and his face was shining like the sun, and his clothing became white as light.

Acts 4:13

Now when they saw that Peter and John were without fear, though they were men of no education or learning, they were greatly surprised; and they took note of them that they had been with Jesus.

Acts 4:29

And now, Lord, take note of their cruel words, and give your servants power to be preachers of your word without fear,

Acts 6:15

And all those who were in the Sanhedrin, looking at him, saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

Romans 13:5

So put yourselves under the authority, not for fear of wrath, but because you have the knowledge of what is right.

Ephesians 6:19

And for me, that words may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make clear without fear the secret of the good news,

Deuteronomy 28:50

A hard-faced nation, who will have no respect for the old or mercy for the young:

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord was by my side and gave me strength; so that through me the news might be given out in full measure, and all the Gentiles might give ear: and I was taken out of the mouth of the lion.

2 Peter 1:20

Being conscious in the first place that no man by himself may give a special sense to the words of the prophets.