Ecclesiastes 7:11 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Ecclesiastes 7:11 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 11:7
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
1 Timothy 6:17-19
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; …
Proverbs 8:10-11
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. …
Ecclesiastes 2:13
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
1 Kings 3:6-9
And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 11-22)

Solomon, in these verses, recommends wisdom to us as the best antidote against those distempers of mind which we are liable to, by reason of the vanity and vexation of spirit that there are in the things of this world. Here are some of the praises and the precepts of wisdom. I. The praises of wisdom. Many things are here said in its commendation, to engage us to get and retain wisdom. 1. Wisdom is…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 11)

11. Rather, “Wisdom, as compared with an inheritance, is good,” that is, is as good as an inheritance; “yea, better (literally, and a profit) to them that see the sun” (that is, the living, Ec 11:7; Job 3:16; Psa 49:19).