Ecclesiastes 7:11
טוֹבָה חָכְמָה עִֽם ־ נַחֲלָה וְיֹתֵר לְרֹאֵי הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
12כִּי בְּצֵל הַֽחָכְמָה בְּצֵל הַכָּסֶף וְיִתְרוֹן דַּעַת הַֽחָכְמָה תְּחַיֶּה בְעָלֶֽיהָ ׃
Cross References
Job 28:12וְֽהַחָכְמָה מֵאַיִן תִּמָּצֵא וְאֵי זֶה מְקוֹם בִּינָֽה ׃
Proverbs 3:14כִּי טוֹב סַחְרָהּ מִסְּחַר ־ כָּסֶף וּמֵחָרוּץ תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ ׃
Proverbs 8:10קְחֽוּ ־ מוּסָרִי וְאַל ־ כָּסֶף וְדַעַת מֵחָרוּץ נִבְחָֽר ׃
Ecclesiastes 2:13וְרָאִיתִי אָנִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ יִתְרוֹן לַֽחָכְמָה מִן ־ הַסִּכְלוּת כִּֽיתְרוֹן הָאוֹר מִן ־ הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ ׃
Ecclesiastes 11:7וּמָתוֹק הָאוֹר וְטוֹב לַֽעֵינַיִם לִרְאוֹת אֶת ־ הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ ׃
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 →