Ecclesiastes 7:12

Wisdom with riches is more profitable, and bringeth more advantage to them that see the sun.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

11Say not: What thinkest thou is the cause that former times were better than they are now? for this manner of question is foolish.

13For as wisdom is a defence, so money is a defence : but learning and wisdom excel in this, that they give life to him that possesseth them.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:47For they are not commanded you in vain, but that every one should live in them, and that doing them you may continue a long time in the land whither you are going over the Jordan to possess it.

Job 1:10Hast not thou made a fence for him, and his house, and all his substance round about, blessed the works of his hands, and his possession hath increased on the earth ?

Psalms 57:1Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into the cave

Proverbs 2:11Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee,

Proverbs 8:35He that shall find me, shall find life, and shall have salvation from the Lord:

Proverbs 11:4Riches shall not profit in the day of revenge: but justice shall deliver 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 →

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