Ecclesiastes 7:12
Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
11Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.
13Give thought to the work of God. Who will make straight what he has made bent?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:47And this is no small thing for you, but it is your life, and through this you may make your days long in the land which you are going over Jordan to take for your heritage.
Job 1:10Have you yourself not put a wall round him and his house and all he has on every side, blessing the work of his hands, and increasing his cattle in the land?
Psalms 57:1To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. When he went in flight from Saul, in the hole of the rock.
Proverbs 2:11Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;
Proverbs 8:35For whoever gets me gets life, and grace from the Lord will come to him.
Proverbs 11:4Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:12-23
The Advantages of Wisdom. 11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. 12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it. 13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? 14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.… Read the whole commentary →