Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom is good with an inheritance: 1 And there is an advantage by it to them that see the sun. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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, What has happened, 1 That the former days were better than these? 1 For thou dost not inquire in wisdom concerning this. 1

12For wisdom in its shadow is as the shadow of silver: 1 And the excellence of the knowledge of wisdom 1 Will give life to him that has it. 1

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Cross References

Job 28:12But whence has wisdom been discovered? 1 And what is the place of knowledge? 1

Proverbs 3:14For it is better to traffic for her, 1 Than for treasures of gold and silver. 1

Proverbs 8:10Receive instruction, and not silver; 1 And knowledge rather than tried gold. 1

Ecclesiastes 2:13And I saw that wisdom excels folly, 1 As much as light excels darkness. 1

Ecclesiastes 11:7Moreover the light is sweet, 1 And it is good for the eyes to see the sun. 1

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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