King James Version (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 7:12
“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.”
Verse in context — Ecclesiastes 7
10
Say not thou, What is [the cause] that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
11
Wisdom [is] good with an inheritance: and [by it there is] profit to them that see the sun.
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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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Consider the work of God: for who can make [that] straight, which he hath made crooked?
14
In 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.
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