Ecclesiastes 7:12
For wisdom [is] a defense, money [is] a defense, || And the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom [is], || She revives her possessors.
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11Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance, || And an advantage [it is] to those beholding the sun.
13See the work of God, || For who is able to make straight that which He made crooked?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:47for it [is] not a vain thing for you, for it [is] your life, and by this thing you prolong days on the ground to where you are passing over the Jordan to possess it.”
Job 1:10Have You not made a hedge for him, and for his house, and for all that he has—all around?
Psalms 57:1TO THE OVERSEER. “DO NOT DESTROY.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID, IN HIS FLEEING FROM THE FACE OF SAUL INTO A CAVE. Favor me, O God, favor me, || For my soul is trusting in You, || And I trust in the shadow of Your wings, || Until the calamities pass over.
Proverbs 2:11Thoughtfulness watches over you, || Understanding keeps you,
Proverbs 8:35For whoever is finding me, has found life, || And brings out goodwill from YHWH.
Proverbs 11:4Wealth does not profit in a day of wrath, || And righteousness delivers 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 →