Ecclesiastes 7:19
It is good for you to support a just man. Furthermore, you should not withdraw your hand from him, for whoever fears God, neglects nothing.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
In Context
18Do not act with great impiety, and do not choose to be foolish, lest you die before your time.
20Wisdom has strengthened the wise more than ten princes of a city.
Cross References
2 Samuel 20:22Therefore, she entered to all the people, and she spoke to them wisely. And they cut off the head of Sheba, the son of Bichri, and they threw it down to Joab. And he sounded the trumpet, and they withdrew from the city, each one to his own tent. But Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
Proverbs 21:22The wise has ascended the city of the strong, and he has torn down the bulwark of its confidence.
Ecclesiastes 9:13This wisdom, likewise, I have seen under the sun, and I have examined it intensely.
Ecclesiastes 9:16And so, I declared that wisdom is better than strength. But how is it, then, that the wisdom of the poor man is treated with contempt, and his words are not heeded?
Colossians 1:9Then, too, from the day when we first heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and requesting that you be filled with the knowledge of his will, with all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
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 →