Ecclesiastes 7:10-12

Revised Standard Version

¹⁰ Say not, “Why were the former days better than these?”
    For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.
¹¹ Wisdom is good with an inheritance,
    an advantage to those who see the sun.
¹² For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money;
    and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.