Ecclesiastes 7:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her.
  • Prov 8:35 : 35 For whoever gets me gets life, and grace from the Lord will come to him.
  • Prov 9:11 : 11 For by me your days will be increased, and the years of your life will be long.
  • Prov 11:4 : 4 Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.
  • Prov 14:20 : 20 The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.
  • Prov 18:10-11 : 10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the upright man running into it is safe. 11 The property of a man of wealth is his strong town, and it is as a high wall in the thoughts of his heart.
  • Isa 30:2 : 2 Who make a move to go down into Egypt, without authority from me; who are looking to the strength of Pharaoh for help, and whose hope is in the shade of Egypt.
  • Isa 32:2 : 2 And a man will be as a safe place from the wind, and a cover from the storm; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a waste land.
  • Isa 33:6 : 6 And she will have no more fear of change, being full of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of the Lord is her wealth.
  • John 12:50 : 50 And I have knowledge that his order is eternal life: so that the things which I say, I say them even as the Father says them to me.
  • John 17:3 : 3 And this is eternal life: to have knowledge of you, the only true God, and of him whom you have sent, even Jesus Christ.
  • Phil 3:8 : 8 Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,
  • Deut 30:19-20 : 19 Let heaven and earth be my witnesses against you this day that I have put before you life and death, a blessing and a curse: so take life for yourselves and for your seed: 20 In loving the Lord your God, hearing his voice and being true to him: for he is your life and by him will your days be long: so that you may go on living in the land which the Lord gave by an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
  • Deut 32:47 : 47 And this is no small thing for you, but it is your life, and through this you may make your days long in the land which you are going over Jordan to take for your heritage.
  • Judg 9:15 : 15 And the thorn said to the trees, If it is truly your desire to make me your king, then come and put your faith in my shade; and if not, may fire come out of the thorn, burning up the cedars of Lebanon.
  • Job 1:10 : 10 Have you yourself not put a wall round him and his house and all he has on every side, blessing the work of his hands, and increasing his cattle in the land?
  • Job 22:21-25 : 21 Put yourself now in a right relation with him and be at peace: so will you do well in your undertakings. 22 Be pleased to take teaching from his mouth, and let his words be stored up in your heart. 23 If you come back to the Ruler of all, making yourself low before him; if you put evil far away from your tents; 24 And put your gold in the dust, even your gold of Ophir among the rocks of the valleys; 25 Then the Ruler of all will be your gold, and his teaching will be your silver;
  • Ps 57:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. When he went in flight from Saul, in the hole of the rock.> Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for the hope of my soul is in you: I will keep myself safely under the shade of your wings, till these troubles are past.
  • Prov 2:7 : 7 He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil;
  • Prov 2:11 : 11 Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 7:11
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    11Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.

  • Eccl 7:19
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    19Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a town.

  • Prov 4:7
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    7The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.

  • Prov 3:13-14
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    13Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.

    14For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold.

  • Prov 8:9-12
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    9They are all true to him whose mind is awake, and straightforward to those who get knowledge.

    10Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold.

    11For wisdom is better than jewels, and all things which may be desired are nothing in comparison with her.

    12I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes.

  • Prov 16:16
    73%

    16How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.

  • Prov 24:4-5
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    4And by knowledge its rooms are full of all dear and pleasing things.

    5A wise man is strong; and a man of knowledge makes strength greater.

  • Prov 2:10-11
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    10For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;

    11Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;

  • Isa 33:6
    73%

    6And she will have no more fear of change, being full of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of the Lord is her wealth.

  • Prov 2:5-7
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    73%

    5Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.

    6For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:

    7He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil;

  • Eccl 1:18
    72%

    18Because in much wisdom is much grief, and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow.

  • Prov 24:14
    72%

    14So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

  • Prov 20:15
    72%

    15There is gold and a store of corals: but the lips of knowledge are a jewel of great price.

  • Prov 19:8
    72%

    8He who gets wisdom has love for his soul: he who keeps good sense will get what is truly good.

  • Prov 9:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10The fear of the Lord is the start of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One gives a wise mind

    11For by me your days will be increased, and the years of your life will be long.

  • Eccl 6:8
    71%

    8What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?

  • Prov 10:14
    71%

    14Knowledge is stored up by the wise, but the mouth of the foolish man is a destruction which is near.

  • 2 Chr 1:12
    71%

    12Wisdom and knowledge are given to you; and I will give you wealth and honour, such as no king has had before you or ever will have after you.

  • Prov 16:22
    71%

    22Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.

  • Job 12:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge.

    13With him there is wisdom and strength; power and knowledge are his.

  • Prov 14:24
    70%

    24Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.

  • Eccl 2:13
    70%

    13Then I saw that wisdom is better than foolish ways--as the light is better than the dark.

  • Prov 8:14
    70%

    14Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine.

  • Prov 1:4-5
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    4To make the simple-minded sharp, and to give the young man knowledge, and serious purpose:

    5(The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)

  • Prov 18:15
    70%

    15The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.

  • Prov 14:33
    70%

    33Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

  • Job 28:12-13
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    69%

    12But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

    13Man has not seen the way to it, and it is not in the land of the living.

  • Prov 3:16
    69%

    16Long life is in her right hand, and in her left are wealth and honour.

  • Prov 17:16
    69%

    16How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?

  • Eccl 2:21
    69%

    21Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.

  • Prov 17:27
    69%

    27He who has knowledge says little: and he who has a calm spirit is a man of good sense.

  • Prov 1:2
    69%

    2To have knowledge of wise teaching; to be clear about the words of reason:

  • Prov 22:20
    69%

    20Have I not put in writing for you thirty sayings, with wise suggestions and knowledge,

  • Prov 15:24
    69%

    24Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.

  • Eccl 7:25
    68%

    25I gave my mind to knowledge and to searching for wisdom and the reason of things, and to the discovery that sin is foolish, and that to be foolish is to be without one's senses.

  • Eccl 1:16
    68%

    16I said to my heart, See, I have become great and am increased in wisdom more than any who were before me in Jerusalem--yes, my heart has seen much wisdom and knowledge.

  • Eccl 9:16
    68%

    16Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing.

  • Prov 15:7
    68%

    7The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.