Ecclesiastes 7:11
Verse 11 of 29. The 7th of 12 chapters in Ecclesiastes, in Poetry and Wisdom.
7Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
8Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
10Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
11Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
12For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
13Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
14In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
15All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
Ecclesiastes 7:11 in the World English Bible
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.Read Ecclesiastes 7:11 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:11
Solomon, in these verses, recommends wisdom to us as the best antidote against those distempers of mind which we are liable to, by reason of the vanity and vexation of spirit that there are in the things of this world. Here are some of the praises and the precepts of wisdom.
Read Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:11–22: The Advantages of Wisdom.
Pray Ecclesiastes 7:11 with someone reading it aloud.
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