Ecclesiastes 7:19 Cross References - Geneva

¹⁹ Be not thou wicked ouermuch, neither be thou foolish: wherefore shouldest thou perish not in thy time?

¹⁶ Then cried a wise woman out of the citie, Heare, heare, I pray you, say vnto Ioab, Come thou hither, that I may speake with thee. ¹⁷ And when hee came neere vnto her, the woman said, Art thou Ioab? And he answered, Yea. And she said to him, Heare the wordes of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do heare. ¹⁸ Then shee spake thus, They spake in the olde time, saying, They shoulde aske of Abel. and so haue they continued. ¹⁹ I am one of them, that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: and thou goest about to destroy a citie, and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou deuoure the inheritance of the Lord? ²⁰ And Ioab answered, and said, God forbid, God forbid it me, that I should deuoure, or destroy it. ²¹ The matter is not so, but a man of mout Ephraim (Sheba ye sonne of Bichri by name) hath lift vp his had against ye King, euen against Dauid: deliuer vs him onely, and I will depart from the citie. And the woman saide vnto Ioab, Beholde, his head shalbe throwen to thee ouer the wall. ²² Then the woman went vnto all the people with her wisedome, and they cut off the head of Sheba the sonne of Bichri, and cast it to Ioab: the he blewe the trumpet, and they retired from the citie, euery man to his tent: and Ioab returned to Ierusalem vnto the King.

²² A wise man goeth vp into the citie of the mightie, and casteth downe the strength of the confidence thereof.

⁵ A wise man is strong: for a man of vnderstanding encreaseth his strength.

¹³ I haue also seene this wisedome vnder the sunne, and it is great vnto me. ¹⁴ A litle citie and fewe men in it, and a great King came against it, and compassed it about, and builded fortes against it. ¹⁵ And there was founde therein a poore and wise man, and he deliuered the citie by his wisedome: but none remembred this poore man. ¹⁶ Then said I, Better is wisdome then strength: yet the wisedome of the poore is despised, and his wordes are not heard. ¹⁷ The wordes of the wise are more heard in quietnes, then the crye of him that ruleth among fooles. ¹⁸ Better is wisedome then weapons of warre: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

⁹ For this cause wee also, since the day wee heard of it, cease not to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be fulfilled with knowledge of his will in all wisdome, and spirituall vnderstanding, ¹⁰ That ye might walke worthy of the Lord, and please him in all things, being fruitefull in all good workes, and increasing in the knowledge of God, ¹¹ Strengthened with all might through his glorious power, vnto all patience, and long suffering with ioyfulnesse,