Ecclesiastes 7:12

Wisdom shelters as money shelters, but wisdom's advantage is that it preserves the life of its possessor. It matters because wisdom protects the soul in ways wealth never can.

Cross-references · 20

• Prov 8:35For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.
• Prov 3:18She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
• Prov 2:7He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,
• Prov 18:10–11The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
• Prov 11:4Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
• Judg 9:15But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’
• John 17:3Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
• John 12:50And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”
• Deut 32:47For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
• Phil 3:8More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
• Prov 2:11Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,
• Ps 57:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.
• Isa 32:2Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.
• Job 1:10Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
• Prov 9:11For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
• Isa 33:6He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.
• Deut 30:19–20I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,
• Isa 30:2They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.
• Prov 14:20The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.
• Job 22:21–25Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.

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