Ecclesiastes 7:12

World English Bible (2000)

For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.
  • Prov 8:35 : 35 For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh.
  • Prov 9:11 : 11 For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.
  • Prov 11:4 : 4 Riches don't profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
  • Prov 14:20 : 20 The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.
  • Prov 18:10-11 : 10 The name of Yahweh is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe. 11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.
  • Isa 30:2 : 2 who set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked my advice; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt!
  • Isa 32:2 : 2 A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.
  • Isa 33:6 : 6 There will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of Yahweh is your treasure.
  • John 12:50 : 50 I know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak."
  • John 17:3 : 3 This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
  • Phil 3:8 : 8 Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ
  • Deut 30:19-20 : 19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your seed; 20 to love Yahweh your God, to obey his voice, and to cling to him; for he is your life, and the length of your days; that you may dwell in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
  • Deut 32:47 : 47 For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, where you go over the Jordan to possess it."
  • Judg 9:15 : 15 "The bramble said to the trees, 'If in truth you anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.'
  • Job 1:10 : 10 Haven't you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
  • Job 22:21-25 : 21 "Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you. 22 Please receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart. 23 If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents. 24 Lay your treasure in the dust, the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks. 25 The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.
  • Ps 57:1 : 1 Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.
  • Prov 2:7 : 7 He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity;
  • Prov 2:11 : 11 Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

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  • Eccl 7:11
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    11 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.

  • Eccl 7:19
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    19 Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.

  • Prov 4:7
    74%

    7 Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.

  • Prov 3:13-14
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    13 Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding.

    14 For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

  • Prov 8:9-12
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    74%

    9 They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.

    10 Receive my instruction rather than silver; knowledge rather than choice gold.

    11 For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can't be compared to it.

    12 "I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion.

  • Prov 16:16
    73%

    16 How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.

  • Prov 24:4-5
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    4 by knowledge the rooms are filled with all rare and beautiful treasure.

    5 A wise man has great power; and a knowledgeable man increases strength;

  • Prov 2:10-11
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    10 For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

    11 Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,

  • Isa 33:6
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    6 There will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of Yahweh is your treasure.

  • Prov 2:5-7
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    5 then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God.

    6 For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

    7 He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity;

  • Eccl 1:18
    72%

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

  • Prov 24:14
    72%

    14 so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul; if you have found it, then there will be a reward, your hope will not be cut off.

  • Prov 20:15
    72%

    15 There is gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

  • Prov 19:8
    72%

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

  • Prov 9:10-11
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    71%

    10 The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

    11 For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.

  • Eccl 6:8
    71%

    8 For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?

  • Prov 10:14
    71%

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

  • 2 Chr 1:12
    71%

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

  • Prov 16:22
    71%

    22 Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

  • Job 12:12-13
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    71%

    12 With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding.

    13 "With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.

  • Prov 14:24
    70%

    24 The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.

  • Eccl 2:13
    70%

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

  • Prov 8:14
    70%

    14 Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power.

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

    5 that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:

  • Prov 18:15
    70%

    15 The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools.

  • Job 28:12-13
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    69%

    12 "But where shall wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?

    13 Man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

  • Prov 3:16
    69%

    16 Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.

  • Prov 17:16
    69%

    16 Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

  • Eccl 2:21
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    21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

  • Prov 17:27
    69%

    27 He who spares his words has knowledge. He who is even tempered is a man of understanding.

  • Prov 1:2
    69%

    2 to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding;

  • Prov 22:20
    69%

    20 Haven't I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge,

  • Prov 15:24
    69%

    24 The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

  • Eccl 7:25
    68%

    25 I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.

  • Eccl 1:16
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    16 I said to myself, "Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge."

  • Eccl 9:16
    68%

    16 Then I said, "Wisdom is better than strength." Nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

  • Prov 15:7
    68%

    7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.