Ecclesiastes 7:11
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
World English Bible Catholic
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
10Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.
Cross References
Job 28:12“But where will wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?
Proverbs 3:14For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.
Proverbs 8:10Receive my instruction rather than silver, knowledge rather than choice gold.
Ecclesiastes 2:13Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
Ecclesiastes 11:7Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun.
1 Timothy 6:17Charge those who are rich in this present age that they not be arrogant, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything 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 →