Ecclesiastes 9:18

God's Word

Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner can destroy much that is good.

Cross References

2 Kings 21:2

He did what the Lord considered evil by copying the disgusting things done by the nations that the Lord had forced out of the Israelites’ way.

Job 35:8

Your wickedness affects only someone like yourself. Your righteousness affects only the descendants of Adam.

Ecclesiastes 10:1

Dead flies will make a bottle of perfume stink, and then it is spoiled. A little foolishness outweighs wisdom ⌞and⌟ honor.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

If an ax is blunt and the edge isn’t sharpened, then one has to use more strength. But wisdom prepares the way for success.

Ecclesiastes 2:13

But I saw that wisdom has an advantage over foolishness as light has an advantage over darkness.

Ecclesiastes 7:12

Wisdom protects us just as money protects us, but the advantage of wisdom is that it gives life to those who have it.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom will help a wise person more than ten rulers can help a city.

Ecclesiastes 9:16

So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength,” even though that poor person’s wisdom was despised, and no one listened to what he said.

2 Timothy 3:8

As Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men oppose the truth. Their minds are corrupt, and the faith they teach is counterfeit.

Joshua 22:20

Didn’t Achan, son of Zerah, act faithlessly with the things claimed by the Lord? Didn’t the Lord become angry with the whole congregation of Israel? Achan wasn’t the only one who died because of his sin.”

Joshua 7:1

The people of Israel proved to be disloyal about the things claimed by the Lord. Achan, son of Carmi, grandson of Zabdi, great-grandson of Zerah, and a member of the tribe of Judah, took something that had been claimed by the Lord. So the Lord became angry with the people of Israel.

Joshua 7:5

The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the city gate to the slope of the stone quarries. Israel’s troops lost heart and were scared stiff.

1 Samuel 14:30

If only the troops had eaten some of the enemies’ food, which they found today. We would have killed more Philistines.”