Ecclesiastes 9:18

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one bungler destroys much good.

Cross References

2 Kings 21:2

He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, following the abominable practices of the nations that the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.

Job 35:8

Your wickedness affects others like you, and your righteousness, other human beings.

Ecclesiastes 10:1

Dead flies make the perfumer’s ointment give off a foul odor; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

If the iron is blunt and one does not whet the edge, then more strength must be exerted, but wisdom helps one to succeed.

Ecclesiastes 2:13

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

Ecclesiastes 7:12

For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to the one who possesses it.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

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

Ecclesiastes 9:16

So I said, “Wisdom is better than might; yet the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heeded.”

2 Timothy 3:8

As Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these people, of corrupt mind and counterfeit faith, also oppose the truth.

Joshua 22:20

Did not Achan son of Zerah break faith in the matter of the devoted things, and wrath fell upon all the congregation of Israel? And he did not perish alone for his iniquity!”

Joshua 7:1

But the Israelites broke faith in regard to the devoted things: Achan son of Carmi son of Zabdi son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things, and the anger of the Lord burned against the Israelites.

Joshua 7:5

The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them, chasing them from outside the gate as far as Shebarim and killing them on the slope. The hearts of the people melted and turned to water.

1 Samuel 14:30

How much better if today the troops had eaten freely of the spoil taken from their enemies, for now the defeat of the Philistines has not been great.”