Ecclesiastes 7:12

For wysdome defendeth aswell as money, and the excellent knowledge & wysdome geueth lyfe vnto hym that hath it in possession.

Bible (Bishops')

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

11Wysdome with inheritaunce is good, yet better is it with them that without care may beholde the sunne:

13Consider the worke of God, how that no man can make the thing straight, whiche he maketh crooked.

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Cross References

Proverbs 2:11Then shall counsayle preserue thee, and vnderstandyng shall kepe thee,

Proverbs 8:35For whoso findeth me, findeth life, and shall obtaine fauour of the Lorde.

Proverbs 11:4Riches helpe not in the day of vengeaunce: but ryghteousnesse deliuereth 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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