Verse 11

Wysdome with inheritaunce is good, yet better is it with them that without care may beholde the sunne:

Referenced Verses

• Eccl 11:7 : 7 The light is sweete, and a pleasaunt thing is it for the eyes to looke vpon the sunne.
• 1 Tim 6:17-19 : 17 Charge them which are riche in this world, that they be not hie minded, nor trust in vncertayne riches: but in ye lyuyng God, which geueth vs aboundauntly all thinges to enioy: 18 That they do good, that they be riche in good workes, that they be redye to geue, glad to distribute: 19 Laying vp in store for them selues a good foundation agaynst the tyme to come, that they may lay holde on eternall lyfe.
• Luke 16:8-9 : 8 And the Lord commended the vniuste stewarde, because he had done wisely. For the chyldren of this worlde are in their nation, wiser then the chyldren of lyght. 9 And I saye vnto you, make you friends of the vnrighteous Mammo, that when ye shall haue neede, they may receaue you into euerlastyng habitations.
• 1 Kgs 3:6-9 : 6 And Solomon sayde: Thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaut Dauid my father great mercie, when he walked before thee in trueth, in righteousnesse, and in plainnesse of heart with thee, and thou hast kept for him this great mercy, that thou hast geuen him a sonne to sit on his seate, as it is come to passe this day. 7 And nowe O Lord my God, it is thou that hast made thy seruaunt king in steade of Dauid my father: And I am but young, & wote not howe to go out and in. 8 And thy seruaunt is in the middest of thy people which thou hast chosen: and veryly the people are so many, that they cannot be told nor nubred for multitude. 9 Geue therfore thy seruaunt an vnderstanding heart to iudge thy people, that I may discerne betweene good & bad: For who is able to iudge this thy so mightie a people?
• Prov 8:10-11 : 10 Receaue my doctrine and not siluer, and knowledge rather then fine golde: 11 For wysdome is more worth then pretious stones, yea all thinges that thou canst desire, may not be compared vnto it.
• Eccl 2:13 : 13 And I sawe that wisdome excelleth foolishnesse, as farre as light doth darknesse.
• Eccl 9:15-18 : 15 And in the citie there was founde a poore man, but he was wyse, whiche with his wysdome deliuered the citie, yet was there no body that had any respect to such a simple man. 16 Then sayd I, wysdome is better then strength: Neuerthelesse, a simple mans wysdome is despised, and his wordes are not hearde. 17 A wyse mans counsayle that is folowed in scilence, is farre aboue the crying of a captaine among fooles. 18 For wysdome is better then harnesse: but one sinner alone destroyeth muche goodnesse.