Ecclesiastes 7:11
Seie thou not, What gessist thou is of cause, that the formere tymes weren betere than ben now? for whi siche axyng is fonned.
Bible (Wycliffe)
In The King James Version
Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
In Context
10Be thou not swift to be wrooth; for ire restith in the bosum of a fool.
12Forsothe wisdom with richessis is more profitable, and profitith more to men seynge the sunne.
Cross References
Job 28:12But where is wisdom foundun, and which is the place of vndurstondyng?
Proverbs 3:14The geting therof is betere than the marchaundie of gold and of siluer; the fruytis therof ben the firste and clenneste.
Proverbs 8:10Take ye my chastisyng, and not money; chese ye teching more than tresour.
Ecclesiastes 2:13And Y siy, that wisdom yede so mych bifor foli, as miche as liyt is dyuerse fro derknessis.
Ecclesiastes 11:7The liyt is sweet, and delitable to the iyen to se the sunne.