Ecclesiastes 7:12
We are sometimes protected by being wise like we are sometimes protected by having a lot of money, but being wise is better than having a lot of money, because being wise prevents us from doing foolish things that would cause us to die.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:47These instructions are very important [LIT]. If you obey them, you will live a long time in the land that you are about to cross the Jordan River to occupy.”
Job 1:10You have always [RHQ] protected [MET] him and his family and everything that he owns. You have made him very prosperous/rich. He has livestock all over this land.
Psalms 57:1God, be merciful to me! Act mercifully toward me because I come to you to protect me. I ask you to protect me like little birds are protected under their mother’s wings [MET] until the storm/danger is ended.
Proverbs 2:11If you know [PRS] how to choose what is right to do and if you understand what God wants you to do, God will protect you and guard you and keep you safe.
Proverbs 8:35Those who find me will have a long life, and Yahweh will be pleased with them.
Proverbs 11:4Your money will not help you on the day that God judges and punishes people; but if you live righteously, you will live a long time.
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 →