Ecclesiastes 9:18

Tree of Life Version

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

Cross References

2 Kings 21:2

But he did what was evil in Adonai’s eyes, following the abominations of the nations that Adonai had dispossessed before Bnei-Yisrael.

Job 35:8

Your wickedness is for a man like yourself, and your righteousness for a son of man.

Ecclesiastes 10:1

Dead flies make a perfumer’s oil stink, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

If the iron axe is blunt and one doesn’t sharpen the edge, then he must exert more force. So wisdom has the advantage of giving success.

Ecclesiastes 2:13

I realized that: Wisdom is more beneficial than folly as light is better than darkness.

Ecclesiastes 7:12

For wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: wisdom preserves the life of the one who possesses it.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.

Ecclesiastes 9:16

So I said: “Wisdom is better than strength.” But the poor man’s wisdom is despised and his words are not heeded.

2 Timothy 3:8

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these people oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and worthless concerning the faith.

Joshua 22:20

Did not Achan son of Zerah act unfaithfully concerning the things under the ban, and so wrath fell on the entire community of Israel? Nor did that man perish alone in his iniquity.’”

Joshua 7:1

But Bnei-Yisrael unfaithfully violated the ban. Achan son of Carmi son of Zabdi son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the banned things. So Adonai’s anger burned against Bnei-Yisrael.

Joshua 7:5

The men of Ai struck down about 36 of their men, and they chased them from outside the gate as far as Shebarim, striking them down on the slope. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.

1 Samuel 14:30

How much more, if only the troops had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies that they found? Wouldn’t the slaughter among the Philistines have then been greater?”