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Ecclesiastes 7:12 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have "

Ecclesiastes 7:12

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

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

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

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Proverbs 4:7

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"Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding."

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Ecclesiastes 1:15

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"That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered."

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Proverbs 8:35

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"For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD."

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Proverbs 16:16

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"How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!"

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Proverbs 2:7

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"He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly."

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Proverbs 3:18

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"She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth"

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From This Chapter

Ecclesiastes 7:1

"A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth."

Ecclesiastes 7:2

"It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart."

Ecclesiastes 7:3

"Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better."

Ecclesiastes 7:4

"The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth."

Ecclesiastes 7:5

"It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools."

Ecclesiastes 7:6

"For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity."
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