Ecclesiastes 7:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

For wisdom is a defense, and money is a defense, but the excellence of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to those who have it.

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  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold upon her: and happy is everyone who retains her.
  • Prov 8:35 : 35 For whoever finds me finds life and will obtain favor from the LORD.
  • Prov 9:11 : 11 For by me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.
  • Prov 11:4 : 4 Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
  • Prov 14:20 : 20 The poor is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich have many friends.
  • Prov 18:10-11 : 10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous run into it, and are safe. 11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his own conceit.
  • Isa 30:2 : 2 Who 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 like a shelter from the wind, and a refuge from the storm; like rivers of water in a dry place, like the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
  • Isa 33:6 : 6 Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times, and strength of salvation; the fear of the LORD is his treasure.
  • John 12:50 : 50 And I know that his command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told me, so I speak.
  • John 17:3 : 3 And this is eternal life, that they might know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
  • Phil 3:8 : 8 Indeed, I count all things as loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ,
  • Deut 30:19-20 : 19 I call heaven and earth to witness this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live: 20 That you may love the LORD your God, and that you may obey his voice, and that you may cling to him: for he is your life, and the length of your days: that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore to your 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 you shall prolong your days in the land which you go over Jordan to possess it.
  • Judg 9:15 : 15 And the bramble said to the trees, If you truly 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 Have you not made a hedge around him, around his house, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
  • Job 22:21-25 : 21 Acquaint yourself with Him now and be at peace; thereby good will come to you. 22 Receive, I pray you, the law from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart. 23 If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, and you shall put away iniquity far from your tents. 24 Then you shall lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. 25 Yes, the Almighty shall be your defense, and you shall have plenty of silver.
  • Ps 57:1 : 1 Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for my soul trusts in you; yes, in the shadow of your wings I will make my refuge, until these calamities have passed by.
  • Prov 2:7 : 7 He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly.
  • Prov 2:11 : 11 Discretion will preserve you; understanding will keep you;

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    11Wisdom is good with an inheritance, and by it there is profit to those who see the sun.

  • Eccl 7:19
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    19Wisdom strengthens the wise more than ten mighty men in the city.

  • Prov 4:7
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    7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all your getting, get understanding.

  • Prov 3:13-14
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    13Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gains understanding.

    14For its merchandise is better than the merchandise of silver, and its gain than fine gold.

  • Prov 8:9-12
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    9They are all plain to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.

    10Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

    11For wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired cannot compare to it.

    12I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

  • Prov 16:16
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    16How much better is it to get wisdom than gold, and to choose understanding rather than silver!

  • Prov 24:4-5
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    4And by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

    5A wise man is strong, yes, a man of knowledge increases strength.

  • Prov 2:10-11
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    10When wisdom enters your heart and knowledge is pleasant to your soul;

    11Discretion will preserve you; understanding will keep you;

  • Isa 33:6
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    6Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times, and strength of salvation; the fear of the LORD is his treasure.

  • Prov 2:5-7
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    5Then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.

    6For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

    7He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly.

  • Eccl 1:18
    72%

    18For in much wisdom is much grief, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

  • Prov 24:14
    72%

    14So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul: when you have found it, then there shall be a reward, and your expectation shall not be cut off.

  • Prov 20:15
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    15There is gold and a multitude of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

  • Prov 19:8
    72%

    8He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding shall find good.

  • Prov 9:10-11
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    71%

    10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

    11For by me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.

  • Eccl 6:8
    71%

    8For what has the wise more than the fool? what does the poor have, who knows to walk before the living?

  • Prov 10:14
    71%

    14Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

  • 2 Chr 1:12
    71%

    12Wisdom and knowledge is granted to you; and I will give you riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had that have been before you, neither shall any after you have the like.

  • Prov 16:22
    71%

    22Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.

  • Job 12:12-13
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    71%

    12With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

    13With Him are wisdom and strength, He has counsel and understanding.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the foolishness of fools is folly.

  • Eccl 2:13
    70%

    13Then I saw that wisdom excels folly just as light excels darkness.

  • Prov 8:14
    70%

    14Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom; I am understanding, I have strength.

  • Prov 1:4-5
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    4To give subtlety to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

    5A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel;

  • Prov 18:15
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    15The heart of the prudent acquires knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known.

  • Job 28:12-13
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    12But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

    13Man does not know its value; nor is it found in the land of the living.

  • Prov 3:16
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    16Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honor.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no desire for it?

  • Eccl 2:21
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    21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill. Yet he must leave his inheritance to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

  • Prov 17:27
    69%

    27He who has knowledge spares his words, and a man of understanding is of a calm spirit.

  • Prov 1:2
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    2To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

  • Prov 22:20
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    20Have I not written to you excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

  • Prov 15:24
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    24The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

  • Eccl 7:25
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    25I applied my heart to know, to search, and to seek out wisdom and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even foolishness and madness.

  • Eccl 1:16
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    16I communed with my own heart, saying, Look, I have attained great stature, and gained more wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem: yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

  • Eccl 9:16
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    16Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength; nevertheless, the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

  • Prov 15:7
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    7The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the heart of the foolish does not.