Ecclesiastes 7:12 Cross References - KJ2000

¹² For wisdom is a defense, and money is a defense: but the excellence of knowledge is, that wisdom gives life to them that have it.

¹⁹ I call heaven and earth as witness this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live: ²⁰ That you may love the LORD your God, and that you may obey his voice, and that you may cleave unto him: for he is your life, and the length of your days: that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

⁴⁷ For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, which you go over Jordan to possess.

¹⁵ And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth you anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

¹⁰ Have not you made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he has on every side? you have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions are increased in the land.

²¹ Acquaint now yourself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto you. ²² Receive, I pray you, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart. ²³ If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, you shall put away iniquity far from your tents. ²⁴ Then shall you lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. ²⁵ Yea, the Almighty shall be your defense, and you shall have plenty of silver.

¹ [To the Chief Musician, altaschith. A michtam of David, when he fled from Saul into the cave.] Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusts in you: yea, in the shadow of your wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities have passed.

⁷ He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a shield to them that walk uprightly.

¹¹ Discretion shall preserve you, understanding shall keep you:

¹⁸ She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is everyone that retains her.

³⁵ For whosoever finds me finds life, and shall obtain favor of the LORD.

¹¹ For by me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.

⁴ Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivers from death.

²⁰ The poor is hated even of his own neighbor: but the rich has many friends.

¹⁰ The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runs into it, and is safe. ¹¹ The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his own esteem.

² That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked my counsel; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!

² And a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a refuge from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

⁶ And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of your times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.

⁵⁰ And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

³ And this is life eternal, that they might know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

⁸ Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but rubbish, that I may win Christ,