SinaiEcclesiastes 7:12
World English Bible
For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
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Ecclesiastes 7:12 in other translations
For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it.
Ecclesiastes 7:12 in context
- 10Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.
- 11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
- 12For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
- 13Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?
- 14In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.