Ecclesiastes 7:19
The wisdom giveth strength to a wise man, more than wealth the rulers who have been in a city.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
In Context
20Because there is not a righteous man on earth that doth good and sinneth not.
Cross References
2 Samuel 20:22And the woman cometh unto all the people in her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri, and cast [it] unto Joab, and he bloweth with a trumpet, and they are scattered from the city, each to his tents, and Joab hath turned back to Jerusalem unto the king.
Proverbs 21:22A city of the mighty hath the wise gone up, And bringeth down the strength of its confidence.
Ecclesiastes 9:13This also I have seen: wisdom under the sun, and it is great to me.
Ecclesiastes 9:16And I said, 'Better [is] wisdom than might, and the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.' —
Colossians 1:9Because of this, we also, from the day in which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
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 →