Ecc 2:13
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. {that...: Heb. that there is an excellency in wisdom more than in folly, etc}
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For ye were sometimes darkness, but now {are ye} light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Wisdom {is} good with an inheritance: and {by it there is} profit to them that see the sun. {good...: or, as good as an inheritance, yea, better too}
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great {is} that darkness!
Truly the light {is} sweet, and a pleasant {thing it is} for the eyes to behold the sun:
Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when {thine eye} is evil, thy body also {is} full of darkness.
NUN. Thy word {is} a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. {lamp: or, candle}
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty {men} which are in the city.
But the path of the just {is} as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget {it} not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
How much better {is it} to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Wisdom {is} better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
Then said I, Wisdom {is} better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom {is} despised, and his words are not heard.
And God saw the light, that {it was} good: and God divided the light from the darkness. {the light from...: Heb. between the light and between the darkness}
Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise {man} glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty {man} glory in his might, let not the rich {man} glory in his riches:
Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit {was} in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
Wisdom {is} good with an inheritance: and {by it there is} profit to them that see the sun. {good...: or, as good as an inheritance, yea, better too}
Who {is} as the wise {man}? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed. {the boldness: Heb. the strength}