Ecclesiastes 7:11
Wisdom is as good as an estate? yea, it hath an advantage over it for them that see the sun.
Noyes 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
Cross References
Job 28:12But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?
Proverbs 3:14For the profit thereof is greater than that of silver, And the gain thereof than that of fine gold.
Proverbs 8:10Receive my instruction, and not silver. And knowledge rather than choice gold!
Ecclesiastes 2:13I saw, indeed, that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
Ecclesiastes 11:7Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.
1 Timothy 6:17Charge those who are rich in this world that they be not high-minded, nor place their hope in uncertain riches, but in God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; that they do good,
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 →