Ecclesiastes 7:12

New American Bible - revised edition

For the protection of wisdom is as the protection of money; and knowledge is profitable because wisdom gives life to those who possess it.

Cross References

Job 1:10

Have you not surrounded him and his family and all that he has with your protection? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock are spread over the land.

Psalm 57:1

For the director. Do not destroy. A miktam of David, when he fled from Saul into a cave.

Proverbs 11:4

Wealth is useless on a day of wrath, but justice saves from death.

Proverbs 14:20

Even by their neighbors the poor are despised, but a rich person’s friends are many.

Proverbs 2:11

Discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you;

Proverbs 2:7

He has success in store for the upright, is the shield of those who walk honestly,

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life to those who grasp her, and those who hold her fast are happy.

Proverbs 8:35

For whoever finds me finds life, and wins favor from the Lord;

Proverbs 9:11

For by me your days will be multiplied and the years of your life increased.

Ecclesiastes 10:19

A feast is made for merriment and wine gives joy to the living, but money answers for everything.

Ecclesiastes 2:13

And I saw that wisdom has as much profit over folly as light has over darkness.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom is a better defense for the wise than ten princes in the city,

Ecclesiastes 9:16

Though I had said, “Wisdom is better than force,” yet the wisdom of the poor man is despised and his words go unheeded.

Ecclesiastes 9:18

Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one bungler destroys much good.

Isaiah 30:2

They go down to Egypt, without asking my counsel, To seek strength in Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shadow.

Isaiah 32:2

Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the rain. They will be like streams of water in a dry country, like the shade of a great rock in a parched land.

Isaiah 33:6

That which makes her seasons certain, her wealth, salvation, wisdom, and knowledge, is the fear of the Lord, her treasure.

John 12:50

And I know that his commandment is eternal life. So what I say, I say as the Father told me.”

John 17:3

Now this is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

Deuteronomy 32:47

For this is no trivial matter for you, but rather your very life; by this word you will enjoy a long life on the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess. Moses Looks upon Canaan.

Philippians 3:8

More than that, I even consider everything as a loss because of the supreme good of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have accepted the loss of all things and I consider them so much rubbish, that I may gain Christ

Judges 9:15

The buckthorn answered the trees, ‘If you are anointing me in good faith, to make me king over you, come, and take refuge in my shadow. But if not, let fire come from the buckthorn and devour the cedars of Lebanon.’