Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom Gives Life

¹⁰ Do not say, “Why is it that the former days were better than these?”
For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this.
¹¹ Wisdom along with an inheritance is good
And an advantage to those who see the sun.
¹² For wisdom is protection just as money is protection,
But the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the lives of its possessors.

As an Inheritance

Ecclesiastes 11:7

The light is pleasant, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.

1 Kings 3:6-9

Then Solomon said, “You have shown great lovingkindness to Your servant David my father, according as he walked before You in truth and righteousness and uprightness of heart toward You; and You have reserved for him this great lovingkindness, that You have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

Proverbs 8:10-11

“Take my instruction and not silver,
And knowledge rather than choicest gold.

Ecclesiastes 2:13

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

Ecclesiastes 9:15-18

But there was found in it a poor wise man and he delivered the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

Luke 16:8-9

And his master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own kind than the sons of light.

1 Timothy 6:17-19

Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.