Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.

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In The King James Version

Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.

In Context

10Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.

12Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.

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Cross References

Job 28:12But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

Proverbs 3:14For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold.

Proverbs 8:10Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold.

Ecclesiastes 2:13Then I saw that wisdom is better than foolish ways--as the light is better than the dark.

Ecclesiastes 11:7Truly the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.

1 Timothy 6:17Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use;

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:8-11

Scenes of Mourning and of Joy. 7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. 8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. 10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. Solomon had often complained before of the oppressions which he saw under the… Read the whole commentary →

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