Ecclesiastes 7:11
Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.
Berean Standard Bible
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
10Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.
Cross References
Job 28:12But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?
Proverbs 3:14for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.
Proverbs 8:10Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.
Ecclesiastes 2:13And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:
Ecclesiastes 11:7Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
1 Timothy 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:8-11
Scenes of Mourning and of Joy. 7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. 8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. 10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. Solomon had often complained before of the oppressions which he saw under the… Read the whole commentary →