Old Testament · VERSE 11

Ecclesiastes 7:11

King James Version

Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.

THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Ecclesiastes 7:11 in context

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.

Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.

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.

Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

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