Ecclesiastes 7.19-24 19Wisdom strengthens the wise More than ten rulers of the city. 20For there isnot a just man on earth who does good And does not sin. 21Also do not take to heart everything people say, Lest you hear your servant cursing you. 22For many times, also, your own…
Ecclesiastes 7.16-18 16Do not be overly righteous, Nor be overly wise: Why should you destroy yourself? 17Be not overly wicked, Nor be foolish: Why should you die before your time? 18It isgood that you grasp this, And also not remove your hand from the other; For he who fears God…
Ecclesiastes 7.15 15I have seen everything in my days of vanity: There is a just manwho perishes in his righteousness, And there is a wicked manwho prolongs lifein his wickedness.
Ecclesiastes 7.14 14In the day of prosperity be joyful, But in the day of adversity consider: Surely God has appointed the one as well as the other, So that man can find out nothing that will come after him.
Ecclesiastes 7.8-10 8The end of a thing is better than its beginning; The patient in spirit isbetter than the proud in spirit. 9Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry, For anger rests in the bosom of fools. 10Do not say, “Why were the former days better than these?”…
Ecclesiastes 7.5-7 5It isbetter for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise Than for a man to hear the song of fools. 6For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, So isthe laughter of the fool; This also is vanity. 7Surely oppression destroys a wise man’s reason,…
Ecclesiastes 7.2-4 2Better to go to the house of mourning Than to go to the house of feasting, For that isthe end of all men; And the living will take itto heart. 3Sorrow isbetter than laughter, For by a sad countenance the heart is made better. 4The heart of the…
Ecclesiastes 6.11, 12 11Since there are many things that increase vanity, How is man the better? 12For who knows what isgood for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he passes like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will happen after him under the…
Ecclesiastes 6.7, 8 7All the labor of man isfor his mouth, And yet the soul is not satisfied. 8For what more has the wise manthan the fool? What does the poor man have, Who knows howto walk before the living?