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Eccl. 7:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

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shadow.

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Prov. 8:35• ³⁵For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of Jehovah; (Prov. 8:35)

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wisdom.

Job 1:10• ¹⁰Hast not thou made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? Thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is spread abroad in the land. (Job 1:10)

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Job 22:21‑25• ²¹Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
²²Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.
²³If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents,
²⁴And put the precious ore with the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrents,
²⁵Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee; (Job 22:21‑25)

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Prov. 2:7,11• ⁷He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
¹¹discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee: (Prov. 2:7,11)

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Prov. 14:20• ²⁰He that is poor is hated even of his own neighbour; but the rich hath many friends. (Prov. 14:20)

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Prov. 18:10‑11• ¹⁰The name of Jehovah is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
¹¹The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination. (Prov. 18:10‑11)

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Isa. 33:6• ⁶and he shall be the stability of thy times, the riches of salvation, wisdom and knowledge: the fear of Jehovah shall be your treasure. (Isa. 33:6)

a defence.

Heb. a shadow.

Judg. 9:15• ¹⁵And the thorn-bush said to the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, come, put confidence in my shadow; but if not, fire shall come out of the thorn-bush and devour the cedars of Lebanon. (Judg. 9:15)

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Psa. 57:1• ¹To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be gracious unto me, O God, be gracious unto me; for my soul taketh refuge in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings do I take refuge, until the calamities be overpast. (Psa. 57:1)

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Isa. 30:2• ²who walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked of my mouth,--to take refuge under the protection of Pharaoh, and trust in the shadow of Egypt! (Isa. 30:2)

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Isa. 32:2• ²And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the storm; as brooks of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land. (Isa. 32:2)

the excellency.

Deut. 30:19‑20• ¹⁹I call heaven and earth to witness this day against you: life and death have I set before you, blessing and cursing: choose then life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed,
²⁰in loving Jehovah thy God, in hearkening to his voice, and in cleaving to him--for this is thy life and the length of thy days--that thou mayest dwell in the land which Jehovah swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. (Deut. 30:19‑20)

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Deut. 32:47• ⁴⁷For it is no vain word for you, but it is your life, and through this word ye shall prolong your days on the land whereunto ye pass over the Jordan to possess it. (Deut. 32:47)

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Prov. 3:18• ¹⁸She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her; and happy is he that retaineth her. (Prov. 3:18)

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Prov. 8:35• ³⁵For whoso findeth me findeth life, and obtaineth favour of Jehovah; (Prov. 8:35)

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Prov. 9:11• ¹¹For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee. (Prov. 9:11)

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Prov. 11:4• ⁴Wealth profiteth not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death. (Prov. 11:4)

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John 12:50• ⁵⁰and I know that his commandment is life eternal. What therefore I speak, as the Father has said to me, so I speak. (John 12:50)

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John 17:3• ³And this is the eternal life, that they should know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. (John 17:3)

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Phil. 3:8• ⁸But surely I count also all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all, and count them to be filth, that I may gain Christ; (Phil. 3:8)

• Our writer, ignorant as he confessedly is of this glorious light of divine revelation, still speaks in praise of the feeble glimmer that human wisdom gives. From his point of view, wealth and wisdom are both good―are a “defense” or “shadow” to their possessors; but still that which men generally esteem the most―wealth―is given the second place; for knowledge, or wisdom, has in itself a positive virtue that money lacks. (“Ecclesiastes 7” by F.C. Jennings)

• It “gives life to them that have it,” animates, preserves in life, modifies, at least in measure, the evils from which it cannot altogether guard its possessor. (“Ecclesiastes 7” by F.C. Jennings)

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For wisdom is a defence as money is a defenceb; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom maketh them that possess it to live.

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Lit. "[one is] in the shadow of wisdom [as] in the shadow of money." see Ps. 91.1.