Ecclesiastes 7:11
Good is wisdom, with an inheritance,—and a profit, to such as see the sun.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
Cross References
Job 28:12Yet where can, Wisdom, be found? And where is the place of understanding?
Proverbs 3:14For better is her merchandise, than the merchandise of silver, yea, than gold, her increase;
Proverbs 8:10Receive my correction, and not silver, and knowledge, rather than choicest gold.
Ecclesiastes 2:13Then saw, I, that wisdom doth excel folly,—as far as light excelleth darkness.
Ecclesiastes 11:7Truly sweet is the light,—and, pleasant to the eyes, to see the sun:
1 Timothy 6:17Upon them who are rich in the present age, lay thou charge—not to be high-minded, nor to have set their hope on, riches’, uncertainty,—but on God, who offereth us all things richly for enjoying,
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 →