Ecclesiastes 9:18

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

2 Kings 21:2

He did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord dispossessed before the Israelites.

Job 35:8

Your wickedness may hurt a man like you, and your righteousness may profit a son of man.

Ecclesiastes 10:1

Dead flies cause the perfumer’s ointment to give off a stench; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but wisdom is profitable to succeed.

Ecclesiastes 2:13

Then I saw that there is more benefit in wisdom than in foolishness, more benefit in light than in darkness.

Ecclesiastes 7:12

For the protective shadow of wisdom is like the protective shadow of silver, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of the one who possesses it.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom gives the wise person more strength than ten rulers who are in the city.

Ecclesiastes 9:16

So I said, “Wisdom is better than strength; yet the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heard.”

2 Timothy 3:8

Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so these also resist the truth, men of corrupt minds and worthless concerning the faith.

Joshua 22:20

Did not Achan son of Zerah commit a trespass in the things under the ban, and wrath fall on all the congregation of Israel? And that man did not perish alone in his iniquity.’ ”

Joshua 7:1

Yet the Israelites violated their obligations with regard to the things dedicated for destruction. Achan, son of Karmi, son of Zimri, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah took from the things dedicated for destruction, and the anger of the Lord burned against the Israelites.

Joshua 7:5

The men of Ai struck down thirty-six men and pursued them from the gate to Shebarim. They struck them down on the mountainside, and the hearts of the people melted like water.

1 Samuel 14:30

How much more, if the people had surely eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found? But now the defeat of the Philistines has not been great.”