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11 ¶ Knowledge is good with an inheritance and is the excellency of those that see the sun.

12 For knowledge is a defence, and money is a defence; but wisdom excels in that it gives life to those that have it.

13 Consider the work of God; for who can make straight that which he has twisted?

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11 Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing(A)
    and benefits those who see the sun.(B)
12 Wisdom is a shelter
    as money is a shelter,
but the advantage of knowledge is this:
    Wisdom preserves those who have it.

13 Consider what God has done:(C)

Who can straighten
    what he has made crooked?(D)

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