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 will obtain favor from Yahweh.
• Prov 3:18She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.
• Prov 2:7He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity;
• Prov 18:10–11Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
• Prov 11:4Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
• Judg 9:15“The bramble said to the trees, ‘If in truth you anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.’
• John 17:3This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
• John 12:50I know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak.”
• Deut 32:47For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, where you go over the Jordan to possess it.”
• Phil 3:8Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ
• Prov 2:11Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,
• Ps 57:1For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave. Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.
• Isa 32:2A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.
• Job 1:10Haven’t you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
• Prov 9:11For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.
• Isa 33:6There will be stability in your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of Yahweh is your treasure.
• Deut 30:19–20I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your descendants;
• Isa 30:2who set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked my advice; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt!
• Prov 14:20The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.
• Job 22:21–25“Acquaint yourself with him, now, and be at peace. Thereby good shall come to you.

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