Ecclesiastes 7:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹² because wisdom is protection as silver is protection; but the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² For wisdom is a defense even as money is a defense, but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom shields and preserves the life of him who has it.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it.

Common English Bible

¹² Wisdom’s protection is like the protection of money; the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the lives of its possessors.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Wisdom with riches is more useful and more advantageous, for those who see the sun.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² Wisdom with riches is more profitable, and bringeth more advantage to them that see the sun.

Ecclesiastes 7:12 Tagairtí Cros

Job 1:10

Haven’t you placed a hedge round  him, his household, and everything he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

Proverbs 11:4

Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath, but righteousness rescues from death.

Proverbs 14:20

A poor person is hated even by his neighbour, but there are many who love the rich.

Proverbs 2:11

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

Proverbs 2:7

He stores up success  for the upright; He is a shield for those who live with integrity

Proverbs 3:18

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

Proverbs 8:35

For the one who finds me finds life and obtains favour from the  Lord,

Proverbs 9:11

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

Ecclesiastes 10:19

A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life happy, and money  is the answer for everything.

Ecclesiastes 2:13

And I realised that there is an advantage to wisdom over folly, like the advantage of light over darkness.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom makes the wise person stronger than ten rulers of a city.

Ecclesiastes 9:16

And I said, ‘Wisdom is better than strength,  but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.’

Ecclesiastes 9:18

Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner can destroy much good.

Isaiah 30:2

Without asking my advice they set out to go down to Egypt in order to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shadow.

Isaiah 32:2

Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the rain, like flowing streams  in a dry land and the shade of a massive rock in an arid land.

Isaiah 33:6

There will be times of security for you – a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the Lord is Zion’s treasure.

John 12:50

I know that his command is eternal life.   So the things that I speak, I speak just as the Father has told me.’

John 17:3

This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only   true   God, and the one you have sent   #– #Jesus Christ.

Deuteronomy 32:47

For they are not meaningless words to you but they are your life,  and by them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.’

Philippians 3:8

More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value  of knowing Christ  Jesus my Lord. Because of him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them as dung, so that I may gain Christ

Judges 9:15

The bramble said to the trees, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out from the bramble and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’