Ecclesiastes 7:12

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to the one who possesses it.

Cross References

Job 1:10

Have you not put a fence around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

Psalm 57:1

Be merciful to me, O God; be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, until the destroying storms pass by.

Proverbs 11:4

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

Proverbs 14:20

The poor are disliked even by their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.

Proverbs 2:11

prudence will watch over you, and understanding will guard you.

Proverbs 2:7

he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk blamelessly,

Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called happy.

Proverbs 8:35

For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord,

Proverbs 9:11

For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.

Ecclesiastes 10:19

Feasts are made for laughter, wine gladdens life, and money meets every need.

Ecclesiastes 2:13

Then I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom gives strength to the wise more than ten rulers who are in a city.

Ecclesiastes 9:16

So I said, “Wisdom is better than might; yet the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heeded.”

Ecclesiastes 9:18

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

Isaiah 30:2

who set out to go down to Egypt without asking for my counsel, to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt.

Isaiah 32:2

Each will be like a hiding place from the wind, a covert from the tempest, like streams of water in a dry place, like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.

Isaiah 33:6

he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is Zion’s treasure.

John 12:50

And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I speak, therefore, I speak just as the Father has told me.”

John 17:3

And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

Deuteronomy 32:47

This is no trifling matter for you but rather your very life; through it you may live long in the land that you are crossing over the Jordan to possess.”

Philippians 3:8

More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ

Judges 9:15

And the bramble said to the trees, ‘If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade, but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.’