wisdom

For God giueth to a man that is good in his sight, wisedome, and knowledge, and ioy: but to the sinner hee giueth traueile, to gather and to heape vp that he may giue to him that is good before God: This also is vanitie and vexation of spirit.

1611 marginal noteHebr. before him.

1611 marginal noteIob 27.17.

¶ Wisedome is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profite to them that see the sunne.

1611 marginal noteOr, as good as an inheritance, yea, better too.

For wisedome is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellencie of knowledge is, that wisedome giueth life to them that haue it.

1611 marginal noteHebr. shadowe.

Wisedome strengtheneth the wise, more then ten mightie men which are in the citie.

1611 marginal noteProu.21.22. and 24.5. cha.9.16.

¶ All this haue I prooued by wisedome: I said, I will be wise, but it was farre from me.

I applyed mine heart to know, and to search, and to seeke out wisdome, and the reason of things, aud to know the wickednes of folly, euen of foolishnesse and madnesse.

1611 marginal noteHeb. I and mine heart compassed.

¶ Who is as the Wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a mans wisedome maketh his face to shine, and the boldnes of his face shalbe changed.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the strength.

1611 marginal noteProu.17.24.

¶ When I applied mine heart to know wisedome, and to see the busines that is done vpon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleepe with his eyes.)

Whatsoeuer thy hand findeth to doe, doe it with thy might: for there is no worke, nor deuice, nor knowledge, nor wisedome in the graue, whither thou goest.

¶ This wisedome haue I seene also vnder the Sunne, and it seemed great vnto me: