Ecclesiastes 7:11-13
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NRSV
11 Wisdom is as good as 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 gives life to the one who possesses it.
13 Consider the work of God;
who can make straight what he has made crooked?New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
See Isaiah 5:12, also relevant to respect for scientific discovery, searching out what "the hands of God" have done.
This passage was referenced here (6.4.5) in our response to the AACE discussion questions.
