Ecclesiastes 7:1-10

Wisdom and the Acceptance of Reality

Ecclesiastes 7:1-10
1
A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.
2
It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.
3
Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.
4
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.
5
It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.
6
For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.
7
Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
8
The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
9
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
10
Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.
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