Ecclesiastes 12:10 Cross References - MKJV

¹⁰ The preacher sought to find out pleasing words; and words of truth written by the upright.

¹ The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; ² to know wisdom and instruction; to recognize the words of understanding; ³ to receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and uprightness; ⁴ to give sense to the simple, knowledge and judgment to the young man; ⁵ the wise hears and increases learning; and understanding ones get wisdom; ⁶ to understand a proverb and its meaning; the words of the wise, and their acute sayings.

⁶ Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. ⁷ For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is hateful to my lips. ⁸ All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; nothing twisted or perverse is in them. ⁹ They are all plain to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge. ¹⁰ Receive my instruction and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

²³ A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, and a word in due season, how good it is!

²⁶ The thoughts of the wicked are very hateful to Jehovah, but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

²¹ The wise in heart shall be called prudent, and the sweetness of the lips increases learning. ²² Understanding is a fountain of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly. ²³ The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips. ²⁴ Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

¹⁷ Bow down your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to My knowledge. ¹⁸ For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall all be fitted in your lips, ¹⁹ so that your trust may be in Jehovah, I have made known to you this day, even to you. ²⁰ Have I not written to you excellent things in counsels and knowledge, ²¹ that I might make you know the sureness of the words of truth; to return the words of truth to those who send to you?

¹¹ A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. ¹² As a ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon a hearing ear.

¹ The words of the preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

¹² I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

¹ Since many took in hand to draw up an account concerning the matters which have been borne out among us, ² even as those who from the beginning delivered to us, becoming eye-witnesses and ministers of the Word, ³ it seemed good to me also, following all things accurately from the very first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus, ⁴ so that you might know the certainty of those things in which you have been instructed.

¹¹ Truly, truly, I say to you, We speak what we know and testify what we have seen. And you do not receive our witness.

⁵ for the hope which is laid up for you in Heaven, of which you heard before in the Word of the truth of the gospel,

¹⁵ Faithful is the Word and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.