Ecclesiastes 7:14
For man shall rest in the shadowe of wisedome, and in the shadowe of siluer: but the excellencie of the knowledge of wisedome giueth life to the possessers thereof.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
13Wisedome is good with an inheritance, and excellent to them that see the sunne.
15Beholde the worke of God: for who can make straight that which he hath made crooked?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:47Because thou seruedst not the Lord thy God with ioyfulnesse and with a good heart for the abundance of all things.
1 Kings 17:17And after these things, the sonne of the wife of the house fell sicke, and his sicknesse was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
Job 2:10But he said vnto her, Thou speakest like a foolish woman: what? shall we receiue good at the hande of God, and not receiue euill? In all this did not Iob sinne with his lippes.
Psalms 30:11Thou hast turned my mourning into ioy: thou hast loosed my sacke and girded mee with gladnesse.
Psalms 94:12Blessed is the man, whom thou chastisest, O Lord, and teachest him in thy Lawe,
Ecclesiastes 3:4A time to weepe, and a time to laugh: a time to mourne, and a time to dance.
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 →