Ecclesiastes 7:13
For 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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
In Context
12Wisdom with riches is more profitable, and bringeth more advantage to them that see the sun.
14Consider the works of God, that no man can correct whom he hath despised.
Cross References
Job 11:10If he shall overturn all things, or shall press them together, who shall contradict him?
Job 34:29For when he granteth peace, who is there that can condemn? When he hideth his countenance, who is there that can behold him, whether it regard nations, or all men?
Psalms 8:3Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise, because of thy enemies, that thou mayst destroy the enemy and the avenger.
Ecclesiastes 1:15The perverse are hard to be corrected, and the number of fools is infinite.
Isaiah 5:12The harp, and the lyre, and the timbrel, and the pipe, and wine are in your feasts: and the work of the Lord you regard not, nor do you consider the works of his hands.
Isaiah 43:13And from the beginning I am the same, and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall turn it away?
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 →