Ecclesiastes 7:21
Wisedome shall strengthen the wise man more then ten mightie princes that are in ye citie.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
In Context
22Surely there is no man iust in the earth, that doeth good and sinneth not.
Cross References
1 Samuel 10:27But the wicked men saide, Howe shall hee saue vs? So they despised him, and brought him no presents: but he held his tongue.
2 Samuel 19:19And saide vnto the King, Let not my lorde impute wickednesse vnto me, nor remember ye thing that thy seruant did wickedly when my lorde the King departed out of Ierusalem, that the King should take it to his heart.
Isaiah 29:21Which made a man to sinne in ye worde, and tooke him in a snare: which reproued them in the gate, and made the iust to fall without cause.
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 →