Ecclesiastes 7:12

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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.

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  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.
  • Prov 8:35 : 35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
  • Prov 9:11 : 11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
  • Prov 11:4 : 4 ¶ Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
  • Prov 14:20 : 20 ¶ The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich [hath] many friends.
  • Prov 18:10-11 : 10 ¶ The name of the LORD [is] a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. 11 ¶ The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
  • Isa 30:2 : 2 That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
  • Isa 32:2 : 2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
  • Isa 33:6 : 6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, [and] strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD [is] his treasure.
  • John 12:50 : 50 ‹And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.›
  • John 17:3 : 3 ‹And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.›
  • Phil 3:8 : 8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things [but] loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them [but] dung, that I may win Christ,
  • Deut 30:19-20 : 19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, [that] I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: 20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, [and] that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he [is] thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
  • Deut 32:47 : 47 For it [is] not a vain thing for you; because it [is] your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong [your] days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
  • Judg 9:15 : 15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, [then] come [and] put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
  • Job 1:10 : 10 Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
  • Job 22:21-25 : 21 ¶ Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. 22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. 23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. 24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the [gold] of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. 25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
  • Ps 57:1 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until [these] calamities be overpast.
  • Prov 2:7 : 7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: [he is] a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
  • Prov 2:11 : 11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

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