Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom is good with an inheritance, yea, a profit to them that see the sun.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

10Say not thou: 'How was it that the former days were better than these?' for it is not out of wisdom that thou inquirest concerning this.

12For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it.

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Cross References

Job 28:12But wisdom, where shall it be found? And where is the place of understanding?

Proverbs 3:14For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

Proverbs 8:10Receive my instruction, and not silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.

Ecclesiastes 2:13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

Ecclesiastes 11:7And the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.

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 →

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