the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Ecclesiastes 9:18
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Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
For wysdome is better then harnesse: but one sinner alone destroyeth muche goodnesse.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyeth much good.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war; But one sinner destroys much good."
Wisdom is better than weapons of conflict; but one sinner destroys much good.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one fool can destroy much good.
Wisedome is better then weapons of warre: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
For wy?dome is better then harnesse: but one vnthrift alone destroyeth moch good.
Wisdom is better than warheads, But one hothead can ruin the good earth.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyeth much good.
Wisdom is better than instruments of war, but one sinner is the destruction of much good.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.
Wisdom [is] better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner can destroy much that is good.
Wisdom is more powerful than weapons, yet one mistake can destroy all the good you have done.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but a person who makes a mistake can destroy much good.
Better is wisedome then weapons of warre: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sin destroys much good.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyeth much good.
Better to have wisdom than weapons of war, but one sinner can destroy much that is good.
Wisdom is better than objects used in war, but one sinner destroys much good.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war: and one sinner will destroy much good.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one bungler destroys much good.
Better is wisdom, than weapons of war, - but, one sinner, may destroy much good.
Better is wisdom, than weapons of war: and he that shall offend in one, shall lose many good things.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner can destroy much good.
Wisdom does more good than weapons, but one sinner can undo a lot of good.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner can destroy much good.
Betere is wisdom than armuris of batel; and he that synneth in o thing, schal leese many goodis.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
Better [is] wisdom than weapons of conflict, And one sinner destroyeth much good!
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
better: Ecclesiastes 9:16
sinner: Joshua 7:1, Joshua 7:5, Joshua 7:11, Joshua 7:12, Joshua 22:20, 1 Samuel 14:28, 1 Samuel 14:29, 1 Samuel 14:36-46, 2 Samuel 20:1, 2 Samuel 20:2, 2 Thessalonians 2:8-12, 2 Timothy 2:16-18, 2 Timothy 3:8, 2 Timothy 4:3, 2 Timothy 4:4, Titus 1:10, Titus 1:11, Hebrews 12:15, Hebrews 12:16
Reciprocal: Joshua 6:18 - make the camp 1 Samuel 14:30 - had there 1 Chronicles 12:32 - all their 2 Chronicles 33:3 - he built again Job 34:30 - General Job 35:8 - may hurt Ecclesiastes 2:21 - whose Jeremiah 41:3 - General Daniel 2:23 - who hast Jonah 1:12 - for 1 Corinthians 5:13 - Therefore
Cross-References
Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn't see their father's nakedness.
He said, "Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants will he be to his brothers."
God enlarge Japheth, Let him dwell in the tents of Shem; Let Canaan be his servant."
Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Wisdom [is] better than weapons of war,.... And does what they cannot do; of which the wisdom of the poor wise man is a full proof, which delivered the city from a potent prince, when weapons of war could not: see Ecclesiastes 7:10;
but one sinner destroyeth much good: his own soul by his sins, and the souls of others by his counsels, example, and conversation, which corrupt good manners; so does one sinner in a family, neighbourhood, and town; as one poor wise man does much good, one sinner mars much; one Achan in a camp or army, one bad counsel for in a cabinet, one false teacher in the church, will do a great deal of mischief, as well as one debauchee in a town or city. The Vulgate Latin version is, "who sins in one"; offends or sins in one, as in James 2:10; so the Syriac version, "one sin destroys much good", or many good things; and to the same purpose the Arabic version, "he that committeth one sin".
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Sinner - The word in the original indicates intellectual as well as moral error.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 18. Wisdom is better than weapons of war — So proved in the case of Archimedes.
But one sinner — Such as the Roman butcher above mentioned.
Destroyeth much good — Such as were the life and skill of the Syracusan mathematician. One sinner has often injured the work of God; one stumbling-block has sometimes destroyed a revival of religion. Sin acts like a ferment; whatever comes in contact with it, it assimilates to itself.
