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Ecclesiastes 9:18
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Wisdom is better than weapons of war,but one sinner can destroy 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 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 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.
Better is wisedome then weapons of warre: 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 sinner destroys much good.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but a person who makes a mistake can 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 fool can destroy much good.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sin destroys 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 destroys much good.
Wisdom is better than weapons of conflict; but one sinner destroys much good.
For wy?dome is better then harnesse: but one vnthrift alone destroyeth moch 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 destroyeth much good.
Wisedome is better then weapons of warre: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
For wysdome is better then harnesse: but one sinner alone destroyeth muche goodnesse.
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.
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.
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 better than weapons of war; But one sinner destroys 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, 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.
Better [is] wisdom than weapons of conflict, And one sinner destroyeth much 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.
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 put a robe over their shoulders and walked backwards into the tent. Without looking at their father, they placed it over his body.
he said, "I now put a curse on Canaan! He will be the lowest slave of his brothers.
I pray that the Lord will give Japheth more and more land and let him take over the territory of Shem. May Canaan be his slave."
After the flood Shem, Ham, and Japheth had many descendants.
Ham's descendants had their own languages, tribes, and land. They were Ethiopia, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. Cush was the ancestor of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah was the ancestor of Sheba and Dedan. Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod, a mighty warrior whose strength came from the Lord . Nimrod is the reason for the saying, "You hunt like Nimrod with the strength of the Lord !" Nimrod first ruled in Babylon, Erech, and Accad, all of which were in Babylonia. From there Nimrod went to Assyria and built the great city of Nineveh. He also built Rehoboth-Ir and Calah, as well as Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah. Egypt was the ancestor of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, Pathrusim, Casluhim, and Caphtorim, the ancestor of the Philistines. Canaan's sons were Sidon and Heth. He was also the ancestor of the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanites spread from the territory of Sidon and went as far as Gaza in the direction of Gerar. They also went as far as Lasha in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim.
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.
