Ecclesiastes 7:11-13

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹¹ Say not: What thinkest thou is the cause that former times were better than they are now? for this manner of question is foolish.

¹² Wisdom with riches is more profitable, and bringeth more advantage to them that see the sun.

¹³ For as wisdom is a defence, so money is a defence: but learning and wisdom excel in this, that they give life to him that possesseth them.