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11 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance
    and profitable to those who see the sun.

12 [a]For the protection of wisdom is as the protection of money; and knowledge is profitable because wisdom gives life to those who possess it.

13 Consider the work of God. Who can make straight what God has made crooked?(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 7:12 St. Jerome’s translation of v. 12b gives an edge to wisdom over money: “But learning and wisdom excel in this, that they bestow life on the one who possesses them.”

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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