Ecclesiastes 2:13

And Y siy, that wisdom yede so mych bifor foli, as miche as liyt is dyuerse fro derknessis.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

In Context

12I passide to biholde wisdom, errours, and foli; Y seide, What is a man, that he may sue the king, his maker?

14The iyen of a wijs man ben in his heed, a fool goith in derknessis; and Y lernede, that o perisching was of euer either.

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Cross References

Proverbs 4:5Welde thou wisdom, welde thou prudence; foryete thou not, nethir bowe thou awey fro the wordis of my mouth.

Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of a fel man is to vndirstonde his weie; and the vnwarnesse of foolis errith.

Ecclesiastes 7:11Seie thou not, What gessist thou is of cause, that the formere tymes weren betere than ben now? for whi siche axyng is fonned.

Ecclesiastes 9:16And Y seide, that wisdom is betere than strengthe; hou therfor is the wisdom of a pore man dispisid, and hise wordis ben not herd?

Ecclesiastes 11:7The liyt is sweet, and delitable to the iyen to se the sunne.

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