Ecclesiastes 7:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For wisdom provides protection, just as money provides protection. But the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

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  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She is like a tree of life to those who grasp onto her, and everyone who takes hold of her will be blessed.
  • Prov 8:35 : 35 For the one who finds me has found life and received favor from the LORD.
  • Prov 9:11 : 11 For because of me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
  • Prov 11:4 : 4 Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
  • Prov 14:20 : 20 A poor person will be disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many.
  • Prov 18:10-11 : 10 The name of the LORD is like a strong tower; the righteous person runs to it and is set safely on high. 11 The wealth of a rich person is like a strong city, and it is like a high wall in his imagination.
  • Isa 30:2 : 2 They travel down to Egypt without seeking my will, seeking Pharaoh’s protection, and looking for safety in Egypt’s protective shade.
  • Isa 32:2 : 2 Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from a rainstorm; like streams of water in a dry region and like the shade of a large cliff in a parched land.
  • Isa 33:6 : 6 He is your constant source of stability; he abundantly provides safety and great wisdom; he gives all this to those who fear him.
  • John 12:50 : 50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me.”
  • John 17:3 : 3 Now this is eternal life– that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
  • Phil 3:8 : 8 More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things– indeed, I regard them as dung!– that I may gain Christ,
  • Deut 30:19-20 : 19 Today I invoke heaven and earth as a witness against you that I have set life and death, blessing and curse, before you. Therefore choose life so that you and your descendants may live! 20 I also call on you to love the LORD your God, to obey him and be loyal to him, for he gives you life and enables you to live continually in the land the LORD promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
  • Deut 32:47 : 47 For this is no idle word for you– it is your life! By this word you will live a long time in the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.”
  • Judg 9:15 : 15 The thornbush said to the trees,‘If you really want to choose me as your king, then come along, find safety under my branches! Otherwise may fire blaze from the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!’
  • Job 1:10 : 10 Have you not made a hedge around him and his household and all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock have increased in the land.
  • Job 22:21-25 : 21 “Reconcile yourself with God, and be at peace with him; in this way your prosperity will be good. 22 Accept instruction from his mouth and store up his words in your heart. 23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up; if you remove wicked behavior far from your tent, 24 and throw your gold in the dust– your gold of Ophir among the rocks in the ravines– 25 then the Almighty himself will be your gold, and the choicest silver for you.
  • Ps 57:1 : 1 For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God! Have mercy on me! For in you I have taken shelter. In the shadow of your wings I take shelter until trouble passes.
  • Prov 2:7 : 7 He stores up effective counsel for the upright, and is like a shield for those who live with integrity,
  • Prov 2:11 : 11 Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you,

Similar Verses (AI)

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    11Wisdom Can Lengthen One’s Life Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing; it benefits those who see the light of day.

  • Eccl 7:19
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    19Wisdom Needed Because No One is Truly Righteous Wisdom gives a wise person more protection than ten rulers in a city.

  • Prov 4:7
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    7Wisdom is supreme– so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!

  • Prov 3:13-14
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    13Blessings of Obtaining Wisdom Blessed is the one who has found wisdom, and the one who obtains understanding.

    14For her benefit is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than gold.

  • Prov 8:9-12
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    9All of them are clear to the discerning and upright to those who find knowledge.

    10Receive my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.

    11For wisdom is better than rubies, and desirable things cannot be compared to her.

    12“I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.

  • Prov 16:16
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    16How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.

  • Prov 24:4-5
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    4by knowledge its rooms are filled with all kinds of precious and pleasing treasures.

    5A wise warrior is strong, and a man of knowledge makes his strength stronger;

  • Prov 2:10-11
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    10For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you.

    11Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you,

  • Isa 33:6
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    6He is your constant source of stability; he abundantly provides safety and great wisdom; he gives all this to those who fear him.

  • Prov 2:5-7
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    5then you will understand how to fear the LORD, and you will discover knowledge about God.

    6For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

    7He stores up effective counsel for the upright, and is like a shield for those who live with integrity,

  • Eccl 1:18
    72%

    18For with great wisdom comes great frustration; whoever increases his knowledge merely increases his heartache.

  • Prov 24:14
    72%

    14Likewise, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you have found it, you have a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

  • Prov 20:15
    72%

    15There is gold, and an abundance of rubies, but words of knowledge are like a precious jewel.

  • Prov 19:8
    72%

    8The one who acquires understanding loves himself; the one who preserves understanding will prosper.

  • Prov 9:10-11
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    71%

    10The beginning of wisdom is to fear the LORD, and acknowledging the Holy One is understanding.

    11For because of me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.

  • Eccl 6:8
    71%

    8So what advantage does a wise man have over a fool? And what advantage does a pauper gain by knowing how to survive?

  • Prov 10:14
    71%

    14Those who are wise store up knowledge, but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction.

  • 2 Chr 1:12
    71%

    12you are granted wisdom and discernment. Furthermore I am giving you riches, wealth, and honor surpassing that of any king before or after you.”

  • Prov 16:22
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    22Insight is like a life-giving fountain to the one who possesses it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools.

  • Job 12:12-13
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    12Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?

    13“With God are wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.

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

  • Eccl 2:13
    70%

    13I realized that wisdom is preferable to folly, just as light is preferable to darkness:

  • Prov 8:14
    70%

    14Counsel and sound wisdom belong to me; I possess understanding and might.

  • Prov 1:4-5
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    4To impart shrewdness to the morally naive, a discerning plan to the young person.

    5(Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, and let the discerning acquire guidance!)

  • Prov 18:15
    70%

    15The discerning person acquires knowledge, and the wise person seeks knowledge.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; it is not known in the inner parts of fools.

  • Job 28:12-13
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    12No Price Can Buy Wisdom“But wisdom– where can it be found? Where is the place of understanding?

    13Mankind does not know its place; it cannot be found in the land of the living.

  • Prov 3:16
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    16Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.

  • Prov 17:16
    69%

    16What’s the point of a fool having money in hand to buy wisdom, when his head is empty?

  • Eccl 2:21
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    21For a man may do his work with wisdom, knowledge, and skill; however, he must hand over the fruit of his labor as an inheritance to someone else who did not work for it. This also is futile, and an awful injustice!

  • Prov 17:27
    69%

    27The truly wise person restrains his words, and the one who stays calm is discerning.

  • Prov 1:2
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    2To learn wisdom and moral instruction, to discern wise counsel.

  • Prov 22:20
    69%

    20Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge,

  • Prov 15:24
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    24The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

  • Eccl 7:25
    68%

    25True Righteousness and Wisdom Are Virtually Nonexistent I tried to understand, examine, and comprehend the role of wisdom in the scheme of things, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the insanity of folly.

  • Eccl 1:16
    68%

    16Futility of Secular Wisdom I thought to myself,“I have become much wiser than any of my predecessors who ruled over Jerusalem; I have acquired much wisdom and knowledge.”

  • Eccl 9:16
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    16So I concluded that wisdom is better than might, but a poor man’s wisdom is despised; no one ever listens to his advice.

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