Ecclesiastes 9:18

Modern King James Version

Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.

Cross References

2 Kings 21:2

And he did the evil in the sight of Jehovah, after the abominations of the heathen whom Jehovah cast out before the sons of Israel.

Job 35:8

Your wickedness may hurt a man like yourself; and your righteousness may profit the son of man.

Ecclesiastes 10:1

As dead flies cause the perfumer's ointment to stink and ferment; so a little folly is more rare than wisdom and than honor.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

If the iron is blunt, and he does not whet the edge, then he must put more strength to it. But wisdom is profitable to direct.

Ecclesiastes 2:13

Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.

Ecclesiastes 7:12

For wisdom is a defense, and money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to those who have it.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom makes the wise stronger than ten mighty ones who are in the city.

Ecclesiastes 9:16

And I said, Wisdom is better than strength; but the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

2 Timothy 3:8

But as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so these also resist the truth, men of corrupt mind, reprobate concerning the faith.

Joshua 22:20

Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a sin in the cursed thing, and did not wrath fall on all the congregation of Israel? And that man did not perish alone in his iniquity.

Joshua 7:1

But the sons of Israel committed a sin in the cursed thing. For Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the thing which was cursed. And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the sons of Israel.

Joshua 7:5

And the men of Ai struck about thirty-six men of them, for they chased them from before the gate to Shebarim, and struck them in the road going down. Therefore the hearts of the people melted and became as water.

1 Samuel 14:30

How much more if the people had happened to eat freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found? For would not there have been a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?