Ecclesiastes 7:12
For wisdom [is] a defense, money [is] a defence, And the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom [is], She reviveth her possessors.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
11Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance, And an advantage [it is] to those beholding the sun.
13See the work of God, For who is able to make straight that which He made crooked?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:47for it [is] not a vain thing for you, for it [is] your life, and by this thing ye prolong days on the ground whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it.'
Job 1:10Hast not Thou made a hedge for him, and for his house, and for all that he hath — round about?
Psalms 57:1To the Overseer. — 'Destroy not.' — A secret treasure of David, in his fleeing from the face of Saul into a cave. Favour me, O God, favour me, For in Thee is my soul trusting, And in the shadow of Thy wings I trust, Until the calamities pass over.
Proverbs 2:11Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,
Proverbs 8:35For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.
Proverbs 11:4Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.
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 →