Ecclesiastes 7:12
Say not thou, Why is it that the former dayes were better then these? for thou doest not enquire wisely of this thing.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
11Be not thou of an hastie spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosome of fooles.
13Wisedome is good with an inheritance, and excellent to them that see the sunne.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:47For it is no vaine worde concerning you, but it is your life, and by this worde ye shall prolong your dayes in the land, whither yee go ouer Iorden to possesse it.
Job 1:10Hast thou not made an hedge about him and about his house, and about all that he hath on euery side? thou hast blessed the worke of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
Psalms 57:1To him that excelleth. Destroy not. A Psalme of David on Michtam. When he fled from Saul in the cave. Have mercie vpon me, O God, haue mercie vpon me: for my soule trusteth in thee, and in the shadowe of thy wings wil I trust, till these afflictions ouerpasse.
Proverbs 2:11Then shall counsell preserue thee, and vnderstanding shall keepe thee,
Proverbs 8:35But he that sinneth against me, hurteth his owne soule: and all that hate me, loue death.
Proverbs 11:4Riches auaile not in the day of wrath: but righteousnes deliuereth from death.
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 →