Ecclesiastes 7:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For wisdom is a defence,e and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it. ”

• Ecclesiastes 7:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Wisdom is a defense ... - See the margin and Psalms 121:5 , i. e., He who is defended from adversity by his wisdom is in as good a position as he who is defended by his riches. Excellency -...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Proverbs and Reflections. After asking, What is good for man in life? ( Ecclesiastes 6:12 ), Qoheleth gives us advice as to what a man may do by way of mitigating his worries. First of all it is ad...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  life . future life. See note on Leviticus 18:5 .

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• Ecclesiastes 7:12 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 835 THE EXCELLENCY OF SPIRITUAL WISDOM Ecclesiastes 7:12 . Window is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have i...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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. Wisdom is a defense - To whom Solomon answers: All true wisd...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Wisdom is good with an inheritance— Wisdom is as good as an inheritance; nay, more profitable to them who see the sun; because both wisdom and money are a shelter to their possessors; but the ad...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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. Wisdom (is) a defense - literally, (To be) in (i:e., under)...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Practical Aphorisms 1-6. Things useful to remember in life. The writer has just warned as that we cannot rely on either the present or the future. We can, however, guide ourselves in the conduct o...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  A defence. — Literally, a shadow ( Psalms 91:1 ; Psalms 121:5 , &c). This verse harmonises with the interpretation of the preceding verse, which we prefer. “Wisdom and riches alike confer pr...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  THIRD SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Wealth, And In The Golden Mean Ecclesiastes 6:1-12 ; Ecclesiastes 7:1-29 , and Ecclesiastes 8:1-15 IN the foregoing Section Coheleth has shown th...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The preacher now proceeded to the inculcation of indifference toward all the facts of life as the only attitude which is in the least likely to be satisfactory. This he did, first, by a series of max...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. (12) For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth li...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  For wisdom [is] a defence, [and] money [is] a defence ,.... Or, a "shadow" of refreshment and protection, under which men sit with pleasure and safety; a man by his wisdom, and so by his money, is a...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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. Ver. 12. For wisdom is a defence, and money, &c. ]...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Wisdom is good That is, very good; the positive being put for the superlative, as it frequently is in the Hebrew text; with an inheritance When wisdom and riches meet in one man, it is a happy co...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Advantages of Wisdom.       11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Is a defence, Heb. is a shadow ; which in Scripture use notes both protection and refreshment. And thus far wisdom and money agree. But herein knowledge or wisdom (which commonly signifies the sam...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Chapter 7 It Is Good To Be Aware of Death, To Listen To Rebuke, To Behave Wisely, Even Though Life Is Unfair. But The World Is Full of Wickedness. The emphasis of the book from now on includes the...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 7:11 . Wisdom is good with an inheritance] Wisdom, though good in itself, yet when joined with ample means imparts a power of doing good to others. Ecclesiastes...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Ecclesiastes 5:8-7 I. We left Koheleth in the act of exhorting us to fear God. The fear of God, of course, implies a belief in the Divine superintendence of human affairs. This belief Koheleth now...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Ecclesiastes 7:1 . A good name is better than precious ointment. Shem, a name; shemen, ointment. The reference is to the embalming of bodies with ointment. See Genesis 48 . Wisdom and virtue outl...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it. Religious education The argument which I shall advance on behalf of this and of all other institutions with which i...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 7:1 Ecclesiastes 12:8 .—Division II . DEDUCTIONS FROM THE ABOVE - MENTIONED EXPERIENCES IN THE WAY OF WARNINGS AND RULES OF LIFE . Ec...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Contempt of the World and the Spirit Of Calm Resignation

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• Ecclesiastes 7:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Deuteronomy 30:19 ; Deuteronomy 30:20 ; Deuteronomy 32:47 ; Isaiah 30:2 ; Isaiah 32:2 ; Isaiah 33:6 ; Job 1:10 ; Job 22:21-25 ; John 12:50 ; John 17:3 ; Judges 9:15 ; Philippians 3:8 ; P...

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• Ecclesiastes 7:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Life — But herein knowledge of wisdom excels riches, that whereas riches frequently expose men to destruction, true wisdom doth often preserve a man from temporal, and always from eternal ruin.

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