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Ecclesiastes 7:12

For wisdom, like money, is a shelter,

and the advantage of knowledge

is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

Ecclesiastes 7:12 BSB

Ecclesiastes 7:12 has 20 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 8:35 (7 votes) and Proverbs 2:7 (5 votes). 12 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Deuteronomy 30 to Philippians 3.

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Which verses does Ecclesiastes 7:12 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Proverbs 8:357 votes

    For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.

  2. Proverbs 2:75 votes

    He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,

  3. Proverbs 3:185 votes

    She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.

  4. Judges 9:154 votes

    But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’

  5. Proverbs 11:44 votes

    Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

  6. Proverbs 18:10–114 votes

    The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe. A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.

  7. John 12:504 votes

    And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”

  8. John 17:34 votes

    Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

  9. Deuteronomy 32:473 votes

    For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

  10. Job 1:103 votes

    Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

  11. Psalm 57:13 votes
  12. Proverbs 2:113 votes
  13. Proverbs 9:113 votes
  14. Isaiah 32:23 votes
  15. Isaiah 33:63 votes
  16. Philippians 3:83 votes
  17. Deuteronomy 30:19–202 votes
  18. Isaiah 30:22 votes
  19. Job 22:21–251 vote
  20. Proverbs 14:201 vote

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 7:12?

The 10 strongest of 12.