Ecclesiastes 7:7-12 - Wisdom'Although Vulnerable'Is Beneficial

⁷ Surely oppression makes a wise man mad, and a gift destroys the heart. ⁸ Better is the end of a thing than its beginning, and he who has suffered in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. ⁹ Do not be hasty in thy spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools. ¹⁰ Never say, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. ¹¹ Knowledge is good with an inheritance and is the excellency of those that see the sun. ¹² For knowledge is a defence, and money is a defence; but wisdom excels in that it gives life to those that have it.