World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:11

“Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.”

Verse in context — Ecclesiastes 7

Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

Don't say, "Why were the former days better than these?" For you do not ask wisely about this.

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.

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.

Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?

Reflections on life’s meaning and the pursuit of lasting purpose in God.