Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good. 2 It benefits those who see the sun. 1

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Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.

In Context

10Do not say, “Why were the days of old better than these?” 2 For it is not because of wisdom that you ask this question. 1

12For wisdom provides protection as money can provide protection, 2 but the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to whoever has it.

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Cross References

Job 28:12Where will wisdom be found? 1 Where is the place of understanding? 1

Proverbs 3:14What you gain from wisdom is better than what silver will give in return 1 and its profit is better than gold. 1

Proverbs 8:10Acquire my instruction rather than silver; 1 acquire knowledge rather than pure gold. 1

Ecclesiastes 2:13Then I began to understand 2 that wisdom has advantages over folly, 2 just as light is better than darkness. 1

Ecclesiastes 11:7Truly the light is sweet, 2 and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun. 1

1 Timothy 6:17Tell the rich in this world not to be proud, and not to hope in riches, which are uncertain. Instead, they should hope in God. He offers to us all the true riches to enjoy.

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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