12 For (A)wisdom is [a]protection just as money is [b]protection,
But the advantage of knowledge is that (B)wisdom preserves the lives of its possessors.
13 Consider the (C)work of God,
For who is (D)able to straighten what He has bent?
14 (E)In the day of prosperity be happy,
But (F)in the day of adversity consider—
God has made the one as well as the other
So that man will (G)not discover anything that will be after him.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:12 Lit in a shadow
  2. Ecclesiastes 7:12 Lit in a shadow