Ecclesiastes 7:10-12

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹⁰ Do not say, “Why is it that the former days were better than these?”
For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this.
¹¹ Wisdom along with an inheritance is good
And an ^(A)advantage to those who see the sun.
¹² For ^(B)wisdom is ^[a]protection just as money is ^[b]protection,
But the advantage of knowledge is that ^(C)wisdom preserves the lives of its possessors.