Wisdom Gives Life
Thomas Miersma provides an exegetical meditation on Ecclesiastes 7:11-14, exploring Solomon's teaching on the supreme value of wisdom as a spiritual inheritance that surpasses material wealth. The article emphasizes how true wisdom—rooted in the fear of God—enables believers to walk by faith and profit spiritually in both prosperity and adversity, offering practical insight into the believer's daily Christian walk.
Previous article in this series: April 1, 2016, p. 298. Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it. Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end...
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