Ecclesiastes 7:19
הַֽחָכְמָה תָּעֹז לֶחָכָם מֵֽעֲשָׂרָה שַׁלִּיטִים אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ בָּעִֽיר ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
In Context
20כִּי אָדָם אֵין צַדִּיק בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה ־ טּוֹב וְלֹא יֶחֱטָֽא ׃
Cross References
2 Samuel 20:22וַתָּבוֹא הָאִשָּׁה אֶל ־ כָּל ־ הָעָם בְּחָכְמָתָהּ וַֽיִּכְרְתוּ אֶת ־ רֹאשׁ שֶׁבַע בֶּן ־ בִּכְרִי וַיַּשְׁלִכוּ אֶל ־ יוֹאָב וַיִּתְקַע בַּשּׁוֹפָר וַיָּפֻצוּ מֵֽעַל ־ הָעִיר אִישׁ לְאֹהָלָיו וְיוֹאָב שָׁב יְרוּשָׁלִַם אֶל ־ הַמֶּֽלֶךְ ׃ ס
Proverbs 21:22עִיר גִּבֹּרִים עָלָה חָכָם וַיֹּרֶד עֹז מִבְטֶחָֽה ׃
Ecclesiastes 9:13גַּם ־ זֹה רָאִיתִי חָכְמָה תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ וּגְדוֹלָה הִיא אֵלָֽי ׃
Ecclesiastes 9:16וְאָמַרְתִּי אָנִי טוֹבָה חָכְמָה מִגְּבוּרָה וְחָכְמַת הַמִּסְכֵּן בְּזוּיָה וּדְבָרָיו אֵינָם נִשְׁמָעִֽים ׃
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 →