Ecclesiastes 9:17 Cross References - Coverdale

¹⁷ A wise mans councell that is folowed in sylence, is farre aboue the crienge of a captaine amoge fooles.

³³ Let Pharao now prouyde for a man of vnderstondinge & wysdome, whom he maye set ouer the lande of Egipte, ³⁴ and se that he ordene officers in the londe, and take ye fifth (parte) of the lande of Egipte in the seuen plenteous yeares, ³⁵ and gather all ye foode yt shal come of the plenteous yeares, that they maye laye vp corne vnder Pharaos power for sustenaunce in the cities, ³⁶ and kepe it, yt there maye be foode founde prepared for the lande in the seuen deare yeares, which shall come vpon the lande of Egipte, that the lande be not destroyed of honger. ³⁷ The sayenge pleased Pharao well and all his seruautes. ³⁸ And Pharao sayde vnto his seruauntes? How might we fynde soch a man, in whom is the sprete of God? ³⁹ And sayde vnto Iosep: For so moch as God hath shewed ye all this, there is none of soch vnderstondinge & wysdome as thou. ⁴⁰ Thou shalt be ouer my house, and acordinge vnto thy worde shall all my people obeye: onely in the kynges seate wyll I be more then thou.

³ But Samuel sayde vnto all the house of Israel: Yf ye turne you withall youre hert vnto the LORDE, then put awaye from you the straunge goddes and Astaroth, and directe youre hert vnto the LORDE and serue him onely, so shall he delyuer you out of the hande of the Philistynes. ⁴ Then the childre of Israel put awaye Baalim and Astaroth from them, and serued the LORDE onely. ⁵ Samuel saide: Gather all Israel together vnto Mispa, that I maye praye for you vnto the LORDE. ⁶ And they came together vnto Mispa, and drue water, & poured it out before the LORDE, and fasted the same daye, and there they sayde: We haue synned vnto the LORDE. So Samuel iudged the children of Israel at Mispa.

²³ He that rebuketh a man, shall fynde more fauoure at ye last, the he that flatreth him.

² He shal not be an outcryer, ner an hie mynded person. His voyce shall not be herde in ye stretes.

⁴ He shal nether be ouersene ner haistie, that he maye restore rightuousnesse vnto the earth: & the Getiles also shal kepe his lawes.

²⁰ For the wrath of ma worketh not that which is righteous before God.

¹⁷ But the wissdom that is fro aboue, is fyrst pure, the peasable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good frutes, without iudgynge, and without simulacion: ¹⁸ yee, and the frute of rightewesnes is sowen in peace, of the that mayntene peace.